Bacon Wrapped Dates with Manchego, Romesco Sauce

⏱ 45 min · 🍽️ 12 Servings · 🧂 5 Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 (12 ounce) container Medjool dates, pitted
  • 1 pound thick sliced hardwood smoked bacon
  • 1/4 pound Manchego cheese
  • Freshly cracked black pepper
  • Romesco Sauce

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 400F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with tin foil & set a metal cooling rack on top.
  2. Remove the pits from the dates by making a small slice into the date with a paring knife. Gently slide a finger in to pop out the pit & discard.
  3. Chop a pieces of the Manchego cheese large enough to stuff inside the date.
  4. Place one stripe of bacon on a cooking board & slice into three equals sections. Take one section & wrap around the cheese stuffed date; Set seem side down on cooling rack. Repeat with remaining dates.
  5. Grind fresh black pepper on top of bacon wrapped dates & bake until the bacon is crisp 20 to 30 minutes.
  6. Serve with Romesco sauce or honey drizzled over the top.
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Bacon Wrapped Dates with Manchego, Romesco Sauce
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Bacon Wrapped Dates with Manchego, Romesco Sauce

Bacon Wrapped Dates with Manchego, Romesco Sauce might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre recipe box. This gluten free recipe serves 12 and costs $1.33 per serving.

Cook time

45 min

🍽️

Servings

12

🧂

Ingredients

5