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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
Melt the butter and add the onions and bacon and cook over medium heat until the onions are translucent. Add bay leaves and continue cooking for about 2 minutes. Add the drained spinach to the pot and stir to coat.
2. Lay out your oysters on a cookie sheet covered in rock salt.
Spoon ½ tsp of the oyster liquor and a dash of Worcestershire on each one. Cover the oysters with the spinach mixture and top with the breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese.
3. Cook in a 450° oven for 10-15 minutes until golden.
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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
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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]
1:33
y'all remind me of the Deen brothers I'm
1:36
so glad that y'all could join us today
1:37
because I'm here with two legends here
1:40
in Savannah the Russo brothers this is
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Charlie and this is Vincent and they
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have owned food for how many years
1:53
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
2:01
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
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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
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cooking show ah now who's the cook out
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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
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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
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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
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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
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back in everyone obviously you got the
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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
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crash I got the crabcakes I picked right
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off the dock did the crab cake did a
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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
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she's eaten a majority of oh did you
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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
8:35
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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