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Mushroom Cromeskies

Mushroom Cromeskies are mushrooms wrapped in bacon, baked until crispy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Mushroom Cromeskies

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

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

  1. Peel the mushrooms and remove the stems.

  2. Wrap each mushroom in a slice of bacon and secure with a toothpick.

  3. Place the wrapped mushrooms in a baking tin.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven until the bacon is crispy.

  2. Serve immediately on a hot dish.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Mushrooms
Release moisture as they cook and provide the savoury, earthy flavour at the centre of the dish.
Bacon
Its fat renders and browns in the oven, crisping the outside while flavouring the mushrooms.

The step that matters

Bake until the bacon is crispy. Bacon fat must render fully and the surface must brown to become crisp. Too little time leaves the fat soft and greasy, while too long in the oven dries out the mushrooms.

“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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