Planked Oysters

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• oyster
• salt
• cayenne pepper
• onions or lemon juice
• thin strips bacon
• raw tomato
• flour
• salt
• pepper
• brown sugar
• butter
• hot mashed potatoes
• parmesan cheese (optional)

Recipe

• 1 butter a plank or flat oven proof dish.
• 2 heat the plank or dish.
• 3 place in the centre, oysters.
• 4 season them with salt and few grains of cayenne pepper, onion or lemon juice.
• 5 cover oysters with thin strips of bacon.
• 6 surround oysters with thick slices of raw tomatoes.
• 7 sprinkle the tomatoes lightly with a mixture of flour, salt, pepper and brown sugar.
• 8 dot tomatoes with butter.
• 9 bake the oysters and tomatoes in a moderate oven, 350 for 20 minutes.
• 10 have ready hot mashed potatoes, force them through a pastry bag to form a border.
• 11 serve the dish at once.
• 12 if preferred the potatoes may be added to the plank before baking, they will be quite brown and a little crisp on the outside, if added before baking, they must be quite stiff and a little away from the tomatoes so they won't become "sogged" by the tomatoes.
• 13 or- if doing the potatoes with the tomatoes and oysters, use tomatoes cut in half instead of sliced, the skin will retain the juices but they may not be quite so luscious.
• 14 grated parmesan cheese can be added to the top of each half of tomato after sprinkling the flour mixture.