DEVILS ON HORSEBACK

By BobD

Ingredients

• YIELD 24 PIECES
• Dates with dark chocolate, jalapeño and almonds wrapped bacon.
• 12 strips of bacon, halved crosswise
• 24 dates, pitted
• 6 squares of bittersweet baker's chocolate, broken into shards
• Fleur de sel or other coarse sea salt
• 12 marcona almonds, halved
• ½ jalapeño, seeded and thinly sliced into 1/4-inch pieces

Details

Servings 24

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300°.

Arrange the bacon on a baking sheet and warm in the oven for 15 seconds, then remove and let cool. Turn the oven up to 400°.

Stuff each date with a piece of chocolate, a few grains of fleur de sel, half a marcona almond and a piece of jalapeño.

Wrap each date with a strip of bacon (secure it with a toothpick, if desired) and place on a baking sheet, seam side down.

Bake for 5 to 7 minutes or until the bacon is golden brown.