Why it works: Oyster and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,103 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Pigs in a Blanket
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Drain the large oysters.
Dip the oysters in the beaten egg.
Roll the oysters in cracker crumbs.
Wrap and cook
Lay each oyster on a piece of thinly sliced bacon.
Roll the bacon around the oyster and fasten with toothpicks.
Broil quickly until cooked.
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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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Oyster + eggtop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,103 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Oysters
- Serve as the central filling, cooking gently inside the bacon wrap.
- Bacon
- Wraps the oysters, adding fat and savory browning as it crisps under heat.
- Beaten egg
- Acts as a glue so the cracker crumbs adhere to the oysters.
- Cracker crumbs
- Form a coating that helps the oysters hold their shape and absorb a little moisture.
The step that matters
Broil quickly until cooked.. Oysters overcook fast and turn rubbery under high heat, so they should be watched closely and removed as soon as they firm and the bacon is done.
“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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