Oysters Baked with Garlic Pine Nut Butter

Directions

Scatter pine nuts in a pie plate and bake in a 350℉ (180℃). oven until golden, 4 to 6 minutes.

Pour toasted nuts into a food processor along with the garlic, shallots, parsley, chives, lemon juice, brandy and pepper; whirl until finely chopped.

Slowly add the butter and pulse until just blended; bits of all the ingredients should still be visible.

Shuck oysters and discard top shells.

Nestle oysters, in their bottom shells, in a ½ inch layer of rock salt in a baking pan or shallow oven-proof dish.

Spoon about 1 teaspoon butter on top of each oyster (freeze leftover butter) Bake oysters in a 375℉ (190℃). oven until they become firm and butter melts, 8 to 10 minutes.