A good breakfast snack for the days when you start drinking early.
I guess that makes it a brunch snack.
Whatever.
1 pound Medjool dates (about 30), pitted
1 pound bacon (about 15 slices), cut in half
30 Pecans (pieces work just as well as whole nuts though.)
3 wooden skewers, soaked in water for an hour
Replace the pits with pecans, wrap each date in bacon and slide ten on each skewer. Grill 3-5 minutes on each side until bacon is crispy.
Tip: remove pits with a chopstick. Most are easy enough to remove just by sliding the point in at one end, lining up with the tip of the pit and pushing out the other side. Tougher ones require stabbing a hole in both ends with the point and then pushing the pit out with the blunt end of the stick. Either way, it’s much less sticky and slow than doing it by hand.
I stuffed a chunk of Gruyere cheese in with the pecan this last time and it was sublime.
I also tried soaking the dates in bourbon, but left them in too long (8-10 hours because I forgot about them) and it was overkill. I’m going to play with a bourbon maple glaze to brush on after grilling. I’ll let you know how it turns out.