Oysters Rockfeller Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 strips thick-sliced bacon, diced
• 1 ½ cups each diced onions and celery
• 1 dried bay leaf
• Salt to taste
• 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. minced fresh garlic
• ½ tsp. white pepper
• 5 cups chopped fresh spinach
• 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 cup oyster liquor (supplement with clam juice or chicken broth)
• ⅓ cup Pernod
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 2 cups shucked oysters, chopped and divided