Oyster and Potato Surprise Cakes

Name: Oyster and Potato Surprise Cakes
Yield: 1 batch
Ingredients: 3 slices bacon; 12 oysters; 6 medium potatoes; 1 tablespoon horseradish cream; 1/4 cup sour cream; 1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs; 50 g butter

Submitted by Doreen Randal

"Don't over cook these, just cook until golden and heated, the oysters should be nice and juicy and not dried up. "

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Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 1 batch

ingredients

3 slices bacon
12 oysters
6 medium potatoes
1 tablespoon horseradish cream
¹⁄₄ cup sour cream
¹⁄₄ cup dry breadcrumbs
50 g butter

directions

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.
Cheers, Doreen Doreen Randal, Wanganui.
New Zealand.