Bacon Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Manchego

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 15 bites
  • Total: 33 min
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Cook: 13 min
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Ingredients

15 Medjool pitted dates

1 pound aged Manchego, cut into 15 blocks

5 slices bacon, cut into thirds

1/2 cup maple syrup

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Make an incision on one side of each date and insert a block of Manchego. Squeeze the date shut in your hand to secure. Wrap each date with a bacon strip and secure with a toothpick. Place all the dates on a sheet tray lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Roast the dates in the oven until the bacon on top is starting to crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Turn the dates over and cook the other side until the bacon crisps.
  3. Remove the dates from the oven and brush both sides with maple syrup. Return the dates to the oven until they are really crackly and sticky, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve hot.

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Hazzie

I’ve made these a few times and they are always a hit! Medjool dates are very large and gave too much date to cheese ratio for me so I prefer smaller dates but pack as much cheese in as I can. It also makes it the correct bite sized appetizer. I always partly cook the bacon ahead of time. Update: This time I precooked the bacon and cooked the apps on a sheet pan with parchment and it worked perfectly. (I had been using a rack.)The bacon had rendered enough fat to still get crisp on the sheet pan. I did a taste test of cheeses. Manchego ($22.19 per pound), parmesiano reggiano, Asiago, and Romano. The last 3 cheeses were a lot cheaper and tasted wonderful as well. My preference, if not the manchego, is the parm reg, but it was almost a draw between them all. These are wonderful little appetizers!!

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