Oysters baked with garlic pine nut butter

Yield: 18 Oysters

Ingredients:

1/4 c Pine nuts
3 Garlic cloves; peeled
2 Shallots; peeled
2 tb Parsley fresh; chopped
2 tb Chives fresh; chopped
2 tb Juice lemon
1 tb Brandy
1 ts Pepper black
3/4 c Butter; room temperature
18 Oysters; in shells

Instructions:

scrubbed Rock salt Scatter pine nuts in a pie plate nd bake in a 350 degree oven until golden 4-6 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 1/2 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 degree oven until they become firm and butter melts 8-10 minutes.