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Oysters Rockefeller was created in 1889 at the [[New Orleans]] restaurant [[Antoine's]] by Jules Alciatore, son of founder Antoine Alciatore.<ref name="guste">{{cite book |title=Antoine's Restaurant Cookbook, Since 1840 |last=Guste |first=Roy F., Jr. |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton & Co |year=1980 |page=32 |isbn=0-393-02666-3 }}</ref> Jules developed the dish due to a shortage of [[escargot]], substituting the locally available oysters. The recipe remains unchanged, with an estimated three and a half million orders having been served.<ref name="guste"/>
Oysters Rockefeller was created in 1889 at the [[New Orleans]] restaurant [[Antoine's]] by Jules Alciatore, son of founder Antoine Alciatore.<ref name="guste">{{cite book |title=Antoine's Restaurant Cookbook, Since 1840 |last=Guste |first=Roy F., Jr. |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton & Co |year=1980 |page=32 |isbn=0-393-02666-3 }}</ref> Jules developed the dish due to a shortage of [[escargot]], substituting the locally available oysters. The recipe remains unchanged, with an estimated three and a half million orders having been served.<ref name="guste"/>


[[File:FDRooseveltLecheMaistreAntoinesWPA.jpeg|right|thumb|President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] had Oysters Rockefeller at Antoine's in 1937. Mayor [[Robert Maestri]] commented to Roosevelt "How you like dem erstas?", as the national press transcribed Maestri's [[Yat dialect|Yat accent]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pontchartrain.net/templates/System/details.asp?id=40334&PID=495604 |title=1937 - FDR in New Orleans |last1= Campanella |first1=Catherine |publisher=New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain |access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref>]]
[[File:FDRooseveltLecheMaistreAntoinesWPA.jpeg|right|thumb|President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] had oysters Rockefeller at Antoine's in 1937. Mayor [[Robert Maestri]] commented to Roosevelt "How you like dem erstas?", as the national press transcribed Maestri's [[Yat dialect|Yat accent]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pontchartrain.net/templates/System/details.asp?id=40334&PID=495604 |title=1937 - FDR in New Orleans |last1= Campanella |first1=Catherine |publisher=New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain |access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref>]]
The dish was named "oysters Rockefeller" after [[John D. Rockefeller]], the then-wealthiest American, for its extreme richness.<ref name="guste"/> It consists of oysters on the half-shell topped with a green sauce and [[bread crumbs]], then baked or broiled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oysters Rockefeller |url=https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/oysters-rockefeller-102178 |website=Epicurious |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref>
The dish was named "oysters Rockefeller" after [[John D. Rockefeller]], the then-wealthiest American, for its extreme richness.<ref name="guste"/> It consists of oysters on the half-shell topped with a green sauce and [[bread crumbs]], then baked or broiled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oysters Rockefeller |url=https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/oysters-rockefeller-102178 |website=Epicurious |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref>
Though the original sauce recipe is a secret, it includes a purée of a number of green vegetables that may include spinach.<ref name="guste"/> Similar versions of the dish have proliferated in New Orleans, with none noted as an accurate duplicate.
Though the original sauce recipe is a secret, it includes a purée of a number of green vegetables that may include spinach.<ref name="guste"/> Similar versions of the dish have proliferated in New Orleans, with none noted as an accurate duplicate.

Revision as of 16:09, 13 October 2022

Oysters Rockefeller
CourseHors d'oeuvre, Entrée[1]
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateNew Orleans
Main ingredientsOysters

Oysters Rockefeller consists of oysters on the half-shell that have been topped with a rich sauce of butter, parsley and other green herbs, and bread crumbs, then baked or broiled. Lemon wedges are the typical garnish.

The original sauce may or may not include spinach, a popular shortcut for achieving the dish's signature bright green color. Many contemporary adaptations use diced oysters instead of whole. Also, diced bacon often appears as a non-traditional topping in addition to or in place of the sauce.

The dish appears as a popular restaurant appetizer throughout the United States and is served as a brunch item in the South.[2]

History

Oysters Rockefeller was created in 1889 at the New Orleans restaurant Antoine's by Jules Alciatore, son of founder Antoine Alciatore.[3] Jules developed the dish due to a shortage of escargot, substituting the locally available oysters. The recipe remains unchanged, with an estimated three and a half million orders having been served.[3]

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had oysters Rockefeller at Antoine's in 1937. Mayor Robert Maestri commented to Roosevelt "How you like dem erstas?", as the national press transcribed Maestri's Yat accent.[4]

The dish was named "oysters Rockefeller" after John D. Rockefeller, the then-wealthiest American, for its extreme richness.[3] It consists of oysters on the half-shell topped with a green sauce and bread crumbs, then baked or broiled.[5] Though the original sauce recipe is a secret, it includes a purée of a number of green vegetables that may include spinach.[3] Similar versions of the dish have proliferated in New Orleans, with none noted as an accurate duplicate.

Chef Alton Brown states in the "Shell Game" episode of his Food Network series Good Eats that Alciatore took his recipe to the grave and any version since is merely an assumption. While many achieve the sauce's trademark green color simply using spinach, Antoine's chefs have repeatedly denied the dish contains it. A 1986 laboratory analysis by William Poundstone in Bigger Secrets indicated its primary ingredients were parsley, pureed and strained celery, scallions or chives (indistinguishable in a food lab), olive oil, and capers.

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    Oysters Rockefeller
  • Oysters Rockefeller topped with bacon
    Oysters Rockefeller topped with bacon
  • Oysters Rockefeller heavily broiled
    Oysters Rockefeller heavily broiled

See also

References

  1. ^ Howard Mitcham (1992). Creole Gumbo and All That Jazz: A New Orleans Seafood Cookbook. Pelican Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 0882898701.
  2. ^ Ternikar, F. (2014). Brunch: A History. The Meals Series. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4422-2943-3.
  3. ^ a b c d Guste, Roy F., Jr. (1980). Antoine's Restaurant Cookbook, Since 1840. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. p. 32. ISBN 0-393-02666-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Campanella, Catherine. "1937 - FDR in New Orleans". New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Oysters Rockefeller". Epicurious. Condé Nast. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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