Oysters Rockefeller - Canada's Food Island

Ingredients

• .50 cup unsalted butter
• 1 shallot, finely diced
• 0.5 cup finely diced fennel
• 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 2 cup finely chopped spinach
• 0.25 cup finely chopped tarragon
• 1 cup finely chopped parsley
• 0.5 cup breadcrumbs
• 2 tbsp Pernod
• pinch of salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 24 PEI oysters, scrubbed, shucked and kept in the half shell
• 4 cup coarse or rock salt