Broiled Oysters With Parmesan-Garlic Butter

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 1 tablespoon parsley fresh chopped
• 2  garlic cloves minced
• 0.3 teaspoon ground pepper red
• 1 tablespoon juice of lemon fresh
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest 
• 24  oysters in the shell 
• 0.3 cup parmesan cheese freshly grated
• 24 servings rock salt 

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet

Directions

1. Combine first 7 ingredients in a small bowl.
2. Shuck oysters. Discard the top shell; keep oysters in the deeper bottom shell, and place on a rimmed baking sheet filled to a depth of 1/2 inch with coarse salt. Dollop butter mixture evenly on oysters.
3. Broil oysters, 5 inches from heat, 5 to 7 minutes or until the edges of the oysters begin to curl and butter is bubbly.