Nancy’s Open-Faced Oyster Sandwiches with Blue Cheese Crumble

 This is a new creation with fried oysters, taking them to a place they have never been before.

Ingredients:

4 strips bacon
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup fresh spinach
1 large slices fresh bread, toasted
16 Fried Goose Point Oysters

 Sauce:

1 tablespoon melted butter
½ cup blue cheese, plus extra for topping
½ cup heavy whipping cream
1 ½ teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
½ teaspoon Tabasco sauce

How to prepare:

In a large pan over medium heat, sauté the bacon until crisp, drain on paper towels, and crumble, Set aside.

In a medium saucepan, add all of the ingredients for the sauce. Whisk the mixture together over medium heat until it boils. Remove from heat.

In a small saucepan, heat the olive oil and sauté the spinach just until it starts to wilt, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the pan from heat.

To assemble, place the spinach on the toasted bread on 4 small plates. Top each slice with 4 oysters, spoon some of the sauce over the oysters and bread, and sprinkle some of the bacon and blue cheese ever the sauce. Serve immediately.

 Serves 4