Little Pigs in Blankets
Ingredients
Directions
The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.
Prepare
Dry the large oysters.
Wrap a thin slice of fat bacon around each oyster and secure with a toothpick.
Bake
Place in a broiler over a pan.
Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven until the bacon is crisp and brown, turning the broiler once during cooking.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Large oysters
- Form the soft, briny centre that the bacon wraps and cooks around.
- Fat bacon
- Its fat renders and crisps, browning the outside and adding salty, savoury flavour.
The step that matters
Turning the wrapped oysters during baking. Bacon browns unevenly if it sits on one side, so turning it once helps the fat render and crisp all round. Oysters cook quickly and can toughen and dry out if the bake runs too long, so watch the bacon closely.
“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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