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(1 of 5)Baked Oysters with Tasso Ham Cream Sauce Serves: 4
16 oysters on the 1/2 shell
1 cup medium diced tasso ham
1/2 cup finely diced yellow onion
1/2 cup finely diced green onion
1/2 cup finely diced green pepper
1 and 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 cups half and half
1 cup fresh shredded Parmesan cheese
Salt to taste
Preheat oven to 400
Shuck oysters leaving on the half shell and place on baking sheet
Melt butter in thick walled sauce pan
Brush oysters with melted butter and set aside
Use melted butter in sauce pan to heat and saute yellow onions and green peppers until onions are clear, add tasso ham and green onions continue to saute for a few minutes. Add flour and cook an additional 5 minutes
Heat half and half in microwave for 30 seconds and gradually stir into flour mixture
Salt to taste
When mixture is thickened remove from heat
Place oysters in oven and bake until oysters begin to plump
Remove set aside to cool for 5 minutes
Turn oven to broil
Top with tasso ham sauce and shredded cheese
Place under broiler until cheese melts
Serve
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