Maple Bacon Dates
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Ingredients
  • 1/2 pound peanuts
  • 2 1/2 ounce honey
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne
  • 20 medjool dates, cut in half
  • 20 seedless grapes
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • flour, for dredging
  • breadcrumbs, for dredging
  • oil, for frying
  • maple syrup, for serving
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to broil on high.
  2. In a small sauté pan, heat the peanuts, honey, and cayenne until caraemlized, cool, and then purée in a food processor. Cut the dates in ½ and remove the seeds. Stuff the purée into each halve and place back together. Wrap with a piece of the bacon and broil until the bacon is crisp.
  3. Heat a pan with oil so that it fills ½ way up the sides. Rinse the grapes under water and dredge in the flour, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs. Fry in the oil until crispy, about 2 minutes. Place the grapes and bacon dates onto skewers and serve with maple syrup.