Oysters Rockefeller - Canada's Food Island

Ingredients

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