Baked Oysters with a Crispy Pancetta – Tomato – Basil Mignonette

Preheat oven and set to bake at 350’f

Place pancetta on a roasting pan and place in the oven, bake until crisp which should take up to 7-8 minutes.

Remove from the oven and drain off fat and set aside

Dice Pancetta into small cubes

Finely dice your shallots and set aside, next small dice your tomatoes and set aside

In a bowl, combine vinegar, shallots, ground peppercorns, basil, and tomatoes.

Mix mignonette and add salt, taste for seasoning.

Open oysters: Find the small opening between the shells near the hinge and pry open with an oyster knife. Cut the oyster meat loose from top shell and bottom, saving the meat in the bottom, deeper shell.

Place oysters in a roasting pan. Place in oven and bake until juices start to bubble and edges of the oyster curl, 4-5 minutes.

Top oysters with mignonette, and Pancetta, Served