Mark Hix

Angels on horseback

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
British Food
British Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2005

  • About

You may have heard of ‘devils on horseback’, where prunes are the ‘devil’ wrapped in bacon. Here, oysters replace prunes as the ‘angel’ and they are served on toast. A classic savoury, these are also ideal canapés and party snacks.

Ingredients

  • 4 rashers of rindless streaky bacon, cut as thinly as possible
  • 8 large oysters, removed from the shell
  • 1

Method

  1. Cut the bacon rashers across in half and, with the back of a knife on a chopping board, stretch the bacon as thinly as it will go, until almost translucent. Pat the oysters dry with some kitchen paper and wrap each one securely in a piece of bacon.
  2. Heat a little oil in a heavy-based frying pan and quickly fry the wrapped oysters over a high heat for a minute or