Ingredients

The following ingredients have 24 Servings
  • 2 dozen medium or large oysters (at least 6 for each person)
  • 1 lb baby spinach, washed and dryed
  • 1 tbs butter (for sauteeing spinach)
  • 3/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tbs garlic (minced)
  • 1/2 cup grated gruyere (loose )
  • 2 tbs fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup brandy
  • 2 tbs green onions (fine chop) with a little of the green part
  • pepper to taste

Instruction

  • Put the butter in a suitable sized pan and saute the spinach until wilted. Drain and dry as much as you can. Then chop it up.
  • In a bowl, mix the mayonnaise, cheese, lemon juice, cognac, onions, and garlic.
  • Using a half oyster shell as a base, put a tbs of spinach in the bottom of the shell.
  • Add a freshly shucked oyster on top of the spinach.
  • Put about 1 tbs of the cheese sauce on top of each oyster.
  • Heat a broiler.
  • Make a bed of rock salt on a baking pan to put the oysters on and to keep them from tipping over.
  • Put the baking pan under the broiler about 4-5 inches from the broiler element so that the oysters cook and the topping sauce melts. When the cheese sauce is bubbling they are ready.