Huîtres au Gratin (Oysters au Gratin)

Ingredients

• Oysters
• Salt
• Lemon juice
• Fried breadcrumbs
• Melted butter
• Butter

Instructions

1. Open the oysters, detach and beard them, and put each back into its deep shell.
2. Arrange the shells on a tray covered with salt, setting them lightly into it so that they stand level.
3. Squeeze a drop of lemon juice onto each oyster.
4. Sprinkle each with a pinch of fried breadcrumbs and moisten with a little melted butter.
5. Add a piece of butter the size of a pea on each oyster.
6. Gratinate in a brisk oven or under the Salamander.