Baked Oysters with Bacon and Stout
Baked Oysters with Bacon and Stout
Directions
- Heat olive oil in sauté pan over medium heat and add bacon to pan. Cook until bacon is crispy then remove from pan and drain on towel. Leave rendered bacon fat in pan.
- Add onion, cabbage, garlic, salt, and pepper to pan cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour in stout beer and allow to reduce by half.
- Add heavy cream, green onion to pan and simmer to reduce cream by half.
- Stir in parmesan cheese and remove from heat. Fold in bacon and sage.
- In a bowl stir in breadcrumbs, olive oil and cheddar.
- Portion cabbage mixture on each oyster then top with a portion of cheddar and crumb crust.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Bake for 6-8 minutes until top is browned then serve.
Ingredients
- 2 dz Empire’s Treasure® Oysters, on half shell
- 2 cups Peak Fresh Produce® cabbage green, shredded
- 1/4 lb Ridgecrest® Bacon, chopped
- 1 tbsp Roma® Oil, Olive
- 1/4 cup Peak Fresh Produce® Onion(s), Yellow, small dice
- 1 tbsp Roma® minced garlic
- 1/4 cup Peak Fresh Produce® Onion(s), Green, chopped
- 1 tbsp Peak Fresh Produce® Sage, chopped
- 1/4 cup stout
- 1 cup Nature's Best Dairy® Cream, Heavy
- 3 tbsp Roma® Cheese, Parmesan, grated
- 1/4 tsp Magellan® Black Pepper, ground
- 1/8 tsp Magellan® sea salt
- 1/4 cup Roma® Italian breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup Roma Shredded White Cheddar
- 2 tbsp Piancone Epicureo® extra virgin unfiltered olive oil
Chef Lonnie Varisco - Corporate Executive Chef, Performance Foodservice.