Angels on Horseback

Ingredients

• some little round pieces of bread
• puree of anchovies
• a little slice of crisply fried bacon
• a bearded oyster
• a tiny dust of nutmeg
• chopped parsley
• oyster liquor

Method

1. 1

   Cut bread into rounds, fry in clarified butter until golden brown.

2. 2

   Spread with anchovy puree, top with bacon, then a warmed oyster seasoned with nutmeg.

3. 3

   Sprinkle with parsley and serve with oyster liquor.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The thorough good cook (1895) by George Augustus Sala, page 110. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Angels on Horseback. Cut some little round pieces of bread about a quarter of an inch tliick and two inches in diameter; fry them in clarified butter to a golden brown, then spread over them a puree of anchovies, and on this puree place a little slice of crisply fried bacon ; on the bacon put a bearded oyster which has been simply warmed in the oven between two plates, with a little butter and its liquor, and seasoned with a tiny dust of nutmeg ; then sprinkle over the top a little chopped parsley, and dish the crusts up in a row ; pour the oyster liquor

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