Angels on Horseback
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wrap the oysters in slices of bacon and secure with small toothpicks.
Cook and serve
Heat a frying pan over medium‑high heat and fry the wrapped oysters until crisp and brown.
Serve hot on toasted crackers.
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
- Oysters
- Provide the main savory filling wrapped inside the bacon.
- Slices of bacon
- Wrap around the oysters and crisp and brown as they fry, adding fat and savoury flavour.
- Toasted crackers
- Act as a crisp base that holds the cooked oysters for serving.
The step that matters
Frying until crisp and brown. Bacon needs enough heat to render its fat and brown, but the oysters cook quickly and can toughen if overcooked. Stopping once the bacon is crisp keeps both tender and browned.
“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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