Name: Basil Butter Broiled Oysters
Yield: Serves 6, as a starter
Ingredients: 24 oysters; 1 stick unsalted butter, softened to room temperature; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 3 tablespoons basil, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped; 1 dash smoked paprika; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; lemon wedges, for serving

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I love oysters, raw, grilled, broiled or baked. I especially love them lathered in butter, herby butter, like in this recipe. —eatboutique

Serves 6, as a starter

Ingredients

24 oysters
1 stick unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3 tablespoons basil, finely chopped
2 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
1 dash smoked paprika
1 teaspoon salt
¹/₂ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
lemon wedges, for serving

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Directions

Set your oven to broil with the top track 6-8 inches away from the flame.
Shuck the oysters and place them in a large casserole dish.
Mush the butter with the garlic, basil, parsley, paprika, salt and black pepper. Divide the butter evenly among the raw oysters by dropping 1 teaspoon on top of each oyster.
Place the dish in the oven and broil for 5 minutes, or until the butter mixture melts and bubbles and browns a bit.
Set the hot dish (with a warning!) between your guests immediately, along with lemon wedges.

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marymary November 28, 2014

Tasty! I made a version of this today with pre-shucked oysters. I drained them well and placed them in a baking dish. I covered them with 3/4 stick melted butter mixed with smoked paprika, truffle salt, pepper, basil leaves and parsley leaves. Then topped the dish off with a mixture of freshly grated parmesan and panko bread crumbs. Broiled in the convection oven for about 8 minutes to brown the crumb mixture. Served them with rosemary crusty bread. Sooo good! Thanks for sharing.

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eatboutique November 28, 2014

oh so glad to hear you enjoyed it! I need some oysters right now.

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eatboutique January 24, 2010

Aww, thank you! Your leek, lemon & feta quiche looks DIVINE (as do all of yours). It went into my 'better try asap' folder. :)

Allison C. January 24, 2010

OK, I know you're going to enter these in this week's contest, yes? They sound divine. For the record, I also love so many of your other recipes—I want to save/bookmark them all! Glad I found you (or you found me; thanks for "fanning"). Good luck in the contests.

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