Stuffed & Bacon-Wrapped Apricots With Spicy Maple Glaze
- 1 pound (16 strips) quality smoked bacon
- 6 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoons ground cayenne
- 16 large dried apricots or figs, stemmed
- 16 pecan halves, toasted
- 1/4-1/3 pounds sharp blue or gorgonzola cheese
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place bacon on parchment paper-lined sided cookie sheet; bake 20 to 25 minutes until partially cooked.(you want to be able to wrap the apricots later after bacon cools and not crack.)
- While bacon is cooking, combine maple syrup and cayenne and set aside for glaze. Open hole of each apricot or fig; stuff each with a pecan half and some cheese to fill generously. Wrap one strip of bacon around each pieces of fruit (so enclose the filling) and skewer with a toothpick. Place on a parchment lined sided cookie sheet ; rnbrush with some maple syrup glaze and bake 10 minutes. Turn each piece over; brush with more maple syrup glaze and cook another 10 minutes til bacon is crisp. Serve with any remaining maple glaze or make additional for dipping.
bacon, maple syrup, ground cayenne, pecan, gorgonzola cheese
Taken from food52.com/recipes/16656-stuffed-bacon-wrapped-apricots-with-spicy-maple-glaze (may not work)