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In this week's What's Cooking with Paula Deen, Paula features a trip to the Russo Brothers' house to learn how they make Oysters Rockefeller. See how to make this delicious twist on classic oysters!
Recipe:
Oysters Rockefeller
Ingredients:
2 Dozen Fresh Oysters (Halved)
(Reserve the oyster juice)
1 Stick Butter
1 16 oz. Can Spinach
1 Medium Yellow Onion (Diced very fine)
3 Bay Leaves
4 Strips of Bacon (finely chopped)
½ cup Progresso Italian Bread Crumbs
½ Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Worcestershire Sauce
1 cup Rock Salt
Directions:
1. Shuck the oysters and reserve the liquid
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hey y'all welcome to what's cooking with
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Paula Deen today well I've got a real
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surprise for you
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everybody in Savannah knows these guys
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as Saru so brothers and they're kind of
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the king of seafood here in Savannah and
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we're gonna go to their house and they
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are gonna show us how they make choice
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ters rockefeller so just watch but
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Charlie and I were down fishing a couple
0:33
years ago on Father's Day a place I have
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on the Gulf Coast and it was Sunday we
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went a little small local church didn't
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have about 30 people in the church and
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when it was over with the priest got up
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and said you mind introducing yourself
0:45
let's see we got a few new people here
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in the church and Charlie quickly gets
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up you know and he says I'm Charlie
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Russo from Savannah Georgia I'm here
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with my younger brother and we've just
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here fishing for the weekend and he sits
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down well I get up and I say my name is
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Vincent I'm his younger brother like he
0:59
said and also is better-looking brother
1:01
and I said that real quick he says now
1:09
y'all be the judge it says back age
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difference between you two guys I'm 5
1:22
years younger
1:25
[Laughter]
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y'all remind me of the Deen brothers I'm
1:36
so glad that y'all could join us today
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because I'm here with two legends here
1:40
in Savannah the Russo brothers this is
1:43
Charlie and this is Vincent and they
1:48
have owned food for how many years
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oh it goes back we're in the I'm gonna
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go a little further than that our
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grandfather AC Matthews okay he came
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over to the Matthew seafood yeah my
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mother's a Matthews
2:04
it's all in the family now okay so tre
2:07
is your huh I love those guys so dadgum
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your mother was a Matthew
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yeah so it started my grandfather was
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born here in America okay here in
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Savannah and he was on the waterfront
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started with all the seafood on the
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waterfront then when he was old enough
2:25
to go back my Uncle Louie which is my
2:27
godfather and my Uncle Frank they were
2:30
still in Italy they were born over there
2:32
so y'all Italian oh man Paula you pick
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up so Believe It or Not y'all this is
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not a talk show today this is actually a
2:45
cooking show ah now who's the cook out
2:48
of the two young
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I'm the cook Holly's don't worry I hope
2:52
you brought this round oh my god you
2:55
didn't tell me got the shrimp well but
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we've got a little surprise for an
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appetizer to me okay well that's what I
3:04
was getting to yeah I was trying to get
3:06
to the food okay okay Paula we gonna
3:09
take a little break right now thank you
3:10
upstairs to get a little appetizer okay
3:12
that's great Charlie and I'll be sitting
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here waiting on you okay good all right
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and I'm gonna get the skinny on you
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[Music]
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okay Paul I see you looking through my
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book I have been enjoy whoa look here
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one of my favorite recipes is always a
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rockefeller
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look at how quickly she grab that for
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you know what they say about people like
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that you'd rather clothe them than feed
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oh nothing okay one bite baby there do
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tell me what you think about it now go
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on in there
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that's the juicy part I pulled a little
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bit of fresh juice on every one of them
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then up liquor oh yeah that's a Bluffton
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South Carolina oyster my sushi chefs
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whole little baby
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oh I Paul you asked about what I do with
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this I did the first thing that you
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really like I had to put butter on them
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yes so if you're doing it doing them
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about 16 ounces the can spinach I like
5:45
it better than actually the fresh
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spinach I've melt up stick of butter
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with the cans yes I use can and
5:51
Elizabeth even you mean you use can spin
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the green spinach does not give you the
5:55
same texture it does and you you see how
5:58
cuz you keep eating them there I'm gonna
5:59
have to you have room for the Lowcountry
6:02
go ahead anyway
6:04
Oh emmelda buttered a like I'm in sup an
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onion cook the onion down put three or
6:09
four bay leaves in it and then I put a
6:12
little salt and pepper now come back
6:13
with the spinach and mix that in with
6:15
Progresso seasoned breadcrumbs and that
6:18
gives it a little more bass to you know
6:19
the bass that down on ya and soaks up
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some that oyster liquor right right and
6:25
then after I shuck all of these and
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loosen them I saved the juices and I
6:29
come back but I actually poured juice
6:31
back in everyone obviously you got the
6:32
true salt flavor it's nothing fake and a
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little shots a little drop of two wishes
6:38
Shire sauce Parmesan cheese and just
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brawl it till it just won't
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are you all counting Oh y'all count
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another you know you can eat
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[Laughter]
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[Music]
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this on a Monday night I had this from a
6:57
crash I got the crabcakes I picked right
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off the dock did the crab cake did a
7:01
hoist rock fell on Monday night my wife
7:02
got home from work she said this is
7:04
Monday night I said she said were you
7:06
trying to get lucky tonight you know
7:16
what an Italian that thinks he's in
7:17
control of his wife is what what you
7:20
call him a bachelor oh my gosh I'm so
7:28
glad my fault hey the best of every
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world
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I've eaten what Charlie can tell you
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because he's been killed
7:47
she's eaten a majority of oh did you
7:52
drink the liquor yeah I'm blown away
7:57
that you use canned spinach as can
8:01
spinach my delicious eatable I'm telling
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you they're out of this world and um I
8:08
don't particularly care for Oysters
8:10
Rockefeller quarter oh we couldn't have
8:13
told the way you got them thing if you
8:25
really like Mike you know we said
8:30
earlier we'd rather closer than in
8:32
theater
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listen y'all stay tuned because we're
8:37
gonna have a good time with these three
8:39
savannah boys Vincent's wife is gonna
8:43
join us Monica we're gonna walk out on
8:45
the end of their Dockyard and one of the
8:48
things that Vincent is famous for in
8:51
this area is this low country ball so
8:53
he's gonna show us exactly how he does
8:56
it and you make a homemade chicken
8:58
sausage run route Tommy to chicken I
9:01
can't hardly wait so y'all stay tuned
9:04
we're gonna learn how to make chicken
9:05
sausage not yeah let's see y'all back in
9:12
a minute
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[Music]
9:21
well I hope y'all enjoyed with what's
9:24
cooking with Paula Deen today hope you
9:26
learned some things and hope you enjoyed
9:28
the scenery and meeting the Russo
9:30
brothers and until next time y'all love
9:33
and best dishes the space that you live
9:38
in really affects the way you feel so my
9:41
first recommendation is start by
9:43
updating your window treatments with
9:45
Smith & Noble Smith & Nobles beautiful
9:48
handcrafted blinds drapes shades and
9:51
shutters are custom made just for you
9:53
and they offer different service options
9:55
to fit your needs to get started today
9:58
contact Smith & Noble to get my special
10:01
limited time offer 25% off on your
10:05
window treatments plus free design
10:07
consultation create a space that you're
10:10
gonna love but details about my special
10:14
offer go to Smith & noble.com slash
10:17
Paula that Smith & noble.com slash Paula
10:20
or call one eight hundred six five nine
10:25
3300 that's one eight hundred six five
10:28
nine 3300
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