Poor Angels on Horseback Recipe
Serves/Makes: 2 - 4
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds mussels
- 8 bacon rashers
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
Spicy Honey Glaze:
- Cook mussels in large saucepan of salted water, until they open, discard any that do not open.
- Remove mussel meat from shells.
- Cut bacon into 1 x 2-inch strips.
- Wrap mussels in bacon and thread onto skewers.
- To prepare Spicy Honey Glaze combine honey and sauces in a small bowl.
- Place the mussels skewers in a single layer in dish.
- Top with glaze.
- Marinate in refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Remove skewered mussels from glaze (reserve), barbecue until bacon is crisp and mussels are tender.
- Brush occasionally with reserved glaze during cooking.
Notes:
Angels on Horseback are oysters wrapped in bacon, served on buttered toast. Traditionally, the toast is cut into triangular pieces (aka "toast points".)
This recipe is called "Poor Angels on Horseback" because the oysters are replaced with mussels.
Tips on how to prepare mussels for cooking.
This recipe for Poor Angels on Horseback serves/makes: 2 - 4
Main Ingredient: Mussels
Preparation Method: Barbecue
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