Oyster Sandwiches

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon dried dill
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable shortening (crisco)
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 slices bacon
• 5 tablespoons water
• 3/4 lb tomato, peeled and diced
• 2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• salt
• pepper
• 16 oysters
• vegetable oil
• lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 to make the biscuits: preheat oven to 450-degrees f.
• 2 grease cookie sheets.
• 3 in a large bowl, sift together flour - baking soda. cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. stir in buttermilk until dough comes together.
• 4 turn dough out onto floured board.
• 5 knead dough gently 10 times, adding more flour if needed.
• 6 roll dough out to a thickness of 3/16 - inch and then cut into 16 rounds using a 2-inch cookie cutter (i use a coffee cup) and then transfer to prepared cookie sheets.
• 7 bake for 12-14 minutes or unti lightly browned. cool on wire racks.
• 8 for the relish: in a heavy skillet over medium heat fry bacon until crisp. remove and drain on paper towels. pour off all but 3 tablespoons drippings.
• 9 stir water into skillet and then add next 3 ingredients (tomatoes - garlic) and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until peppers are soft and mixture thickens. stir in parsley and salt and pepper.
• 10 crumble bacon into relish and set aside.
• 11 preheat broiler: arrange oysters on broiler pan, brushing with oil and lemon juice.
• 12 broil for 4-5 minutes, turning once or until edges begin to curl. do not overcook.
• 13 to assemble sandwiches: split biscuits. spead both halfs with relish and top 1 half with oystes and then cover with second half. repeat for remaining sandwiches.