Categories: Seafood 
      Yield: 18 oysters 
  
    1/4 c  Pine nuts 
      3    Garlic cloves; peeled 
      2    Shallots; peeled 
      2 tb Parsley, fresh; chopped 
      2 tb Chives, fresh; chopped 
      2 tb Juice, lemon 
      1 tb Brandy 
      1 ts Pepper, black 
    3/4 c  Butter; room temperature 
     18    Oysters; in shells, scrubbed 
           Rock salt 
  
  Scatter pine nuts in a pie plate nd bake in a 350 degree oven until golden, 
  4-6 minutes. Pour toasted nuts into a food processor along with the garlic, 
  shallots, parsley, chives, lemon juice, brandy and pepper; whirl until 
  finely chopped. Slowly add the butter and pulse until just blended; bits of 
  all the ingredients should still be visible. Shuck oysters and discard top 
  shells. Nestle oysters, in their bottom shells, in a 1/2 inch layer of rock 
  salt in a baking pan or shallow oven-proof dish. Spoon about 1 teaspoon 
  butter on top of each oyster (freeze leftover butter) Bake oysters in a 375 
  degree oven until they become firm and butter melts, 8-10 minutes.