Grilled Oysters with Pesto Butter

Andy Woolmer

Servings

4

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

5 minutes

Cuisine

Mediterranean

Category

Seafood

When Oysters are this fresh they don't need much cooking. Here's a super simple recipe from Andy at Atlantic Edge Oysters that allows the flavours of the seagrass and the North Atlantic tides do the talking!

Ingredients

  • 12 oysters, shucked

  • 100g butter, softened

  • half a lemon, juiced

  • 30g parmesan cheese, grated

  • 30g fresh basil, coarsely chopped

  • 2tbsp pine nuts

  • 1 garlic clove, minced

Directions

  1. First, create the pesto butter. Start by adding the butter, lemon juice, Parmesan, basil, garlic and pine nuts to a food processor. Blitz until a smooth consistency then pop into the fridge until ready to use.

  2. Shuck your oysters and place them on a grill pan or large baking tray. Preheat your grill on the highest setting.

  3. Place Β½ tsp of the pesto butter on top of each oyster.

  4. Cook the oysters under the preheated grill for 3-4 minutes.

  5. Serve immediately with a sprinkling of grated Parmesan.
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