California Style Devils On Horseback Food

DEVILS ON HORSEBACK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place 24 toothpicks in a small bowl filled with water; let soak 15 minutes. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and fit with a wire rack; set aside.
• Halve dates lengthwise being careful not to cut all the way through. Place a small amount of cheese in the center of each date. Wrap a piece of bacon around each date. Secure bacon with a toothpick.
• Place dates on prepared baking sheet. Bake until bacon is cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes.

DEVILS ON HORSEBACK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Soak the toothpicks in a bowl of water. Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• In a bowl, mix together the soy sauce and ground ginger. Place the brown sugar into a shallow bowl. Spread open a pitted date, then stuff it with a smoked almond. Wrap the date with half a bacon slice, secure it with a toothpick, dip the bundle in soy sauce mixture, and then dip it into brown sugar. Place the wrapped dates into the prepared baking dish. If desired, sprinkle a little more brown sugar over the bundles.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the bacon is brown and crisp, 15 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool for about 15 minutes before serving; serve warm or at room temperature.

CALIFORNIA-STYLE DEVILS ON HORSEBACK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wrap each fig half in a bacon piece, tucking 1 sage leaf under bacon as you go; secure with a toothpick. Arrange, 1 inch apart, on a rack set in a rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake until tops are browned and crisp, about 25 minutes. Turn; bake until other sides are browned and crisp, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool on a wire rack 5 minutes. Remove toothpicks; serve.

DEVILS ON HORSEBACK APPETIZER

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Cut a small slit in the side of each date. There may already be a slit since the dates have been pitted.
• Carefully push a piece of the cheese into the date.
• Smooth the date back around the cheese if you can. Handle the dates gently because they are fragile.
• Wrap one of the pieces of the bacon around each stuffed date, covering the cheese, and secure with a toothpick if necessary.
• Place all of the stuffed and wrapped dates on broiler pan with a rack.
• Preheat oven broiler. Broil the bacon-wrapped dates 4 to 6 inches from the heat source for 9 to 12 minutes, turning twice during the cooking time, until the bacon is crisp; don't let it burn. Let stand for 5 minutes, then serve.

DEVILS ON HORSEBACK WITH HOT HONEY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Cut a slit into each date and stuff each with 1/2 teaspoon goat cheese. Wrap a half strip of bacon around each date, then secure with a toothpick.
• Arrange the stuffed dates on a rack set on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until the bacon is crisp, about 25 minutes. Drizzle with hot honey.

DEVILS ON HORSEBACK

Steps:

• Gently saute the livers in butter, then cut into thin slices and dust lightly with cayenne pepper. Stuff the prunes with chicken livers. Stretch the bacon pieces with a flat knife. Wrap a piece around each prune and secure with a wooden cocktail stick. Grill until the bacon is crisp.

DEVIL'S ON HORSEBACK

Steps:

• Cut each chestnut in half.
• Cut each slice of bacon into 1/3.
• Wrap each 1/2 a chestnut in 1/3 slice bacon and secure with a toothpick.
• Place on the broiler rack and bake in a 350°F oven for 30 minutes turning half way through.
• Mix sugar and ketchup together.
• Remove chestnuts when after 30 minutes or when bacon is done enough for you.
• Dip each piece in the sugar / ketchup mixture and return to the broiler rack.
• Return to the oven for a further 15 minutes .
• Serve warm.
• Maybe made ahead and rewarmed just before serving time in the microwave for 20 - 30 seconds till just hot.
• Maybe kept warm in a slow cooker.
• VERY VERY GOOD.