OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER - ANTOINE'S RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Fill two oven-proof baking dishes halfway with rock salt. 2. Shuck oysters over a bowl to catch their liquid. Discard flat top shells and loosen oyster from bottom shell with a knife. Put six oysters on rock salt in each baking dish. Chill. 3. Melt butter in a two-quart saucepan. Add flour and cook stirring until smooth, about two minutes. Add liquid from oysters and cook stirring until thickened to a paste, about two minutes. Stir in scallions, celery, tarragon, parsley, cayenne, salt, and white pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until soft, about one hour. 4. Transfer to a food processor, add bread crumbs, and process into a smooth paste, about two minutes. 5. Preheat broiler to high. Put paste into a pastry bag with a 1/2-inch fluted tip. Pipe paste completely over oysters. 6. Broil until paste begins to brown and oysters are just cooked through, about 5 - 7 minutes. Serve immediately.