Angels on Horseback
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove gills from oysters.
Wrap each oyster in a slice of bacon and secure with small splinters.
Heat a frying pan over high heat.
Cook and serve
Fry the wrapped oysters until crisp and brown.
Serve hot on toasted crackers.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Oysters
- Provide the central briny seafood flavor that the bacon wrap complements.
- Bacon
- Renders fat during frying, crisping the outside and adding savory, browned flavor.
The step that matters
Fry the wrapped oysters until crisp and brown. Bacon fat must render and the surface must brown without overcooking the oysters. Over-frying dries out the oyster inside, while under-frying leaves the bacon soft and greasy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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