Pigs in Blankets
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Drain and wipe the oysters.
Wrap a slice of bacon around each oyster and secure it with a wooden toothpick.
Cook
Cook in a hot blazer until the bacon is brown and crisp.
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
- Large oysters
- Provides the soft, briny centre that the bacon wraps around.
- Thin slices of bacon
- Renders fat that crisps and browns the outside while adding savory flavor.
The step that matters
Cook in a hot blazer until the bacon is brown and crisp. Oyster flesh toughens and shrinks quickly when overheated, so the bacon must render and crisp fast while the oyster stays tender and juicy inside.
“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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