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Oyster and Potato Cakes

3 rashers bacon
12 oysters
6 medium potatoes
1 Tbs horseradish cream
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
50g butter

Remove rind from bacon and chop flesh roughly.  Cook in a fry pan
until crisp, turning often.  Cool.  Drain oysters.  Combine oysters
and bacon.

Peel potatoes and cut into quarters.  Cook in boiling salted water
for 10 minutes or until tender.  Drain.  Mash potatoes with
horseradish cream and sour cream.  Form half-cupfuls of mixture
into patties.  Make a hollow in centre of each pattie and fill with
oyster mixture.  Mould potato over cavity.  Roll patties in
breadcrumbs.  Heat butter in a fry pan and cook patties on each
side until golden.

Printable version: oyster-cakes.txt.