Pigs in Blankets
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove gills from oysters.
Wrap each oyster in a half slice of bacon and secure with a toothpick.
Cook
Place wrapped oysters in a pan under the broiler.
Cook until oysters swell and bacon is browned on both sides.
Serve
Remove toothpicks and place oysters on triangles of hot toast.
Serve immediately.
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
- Oysters
- Form the centre of each bundle, swelling and turning tender as they heat.
- Bacon
- Adds fat and salt that flavour the oyster and browns and crisps under heat.
The step that matters
Cook until bacon is browned on both sides. Broiler heat is intense and fast. Oysters firm up and shrink if overcooked, while the bacon needs enough time to render its fat and brown. Turning the bundles helps both sides brown evenly.
“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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