Devilishly Delicious Bacon and Cherry Roll-Ups

Noo's Note:

I have very fond memories of this recipe from my early childhood. Anytime my mother had friends over for drinks, or threw a party she would make these. I would always be dispatched to a quiet corner with a plate full of goodies, including loads of these! Now I make them for parties, or drink snacks, and everybody loves them. I make trays of these, and the amount listed below is quite small, so be prepared to make more! They are so simple but oh so effective! I tend to use streaky bacon for the fat content, but back bacon works fine too. Try them-you won't regret it!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 20 slices streaky bacon
• 40 glace cherries

Directions:

1. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with non stick spray.
2. Gently run a knife along each rasher of bacon to stretch it slightly, then cut it in half widthways.
3. Roll a cherry in each piece of bacon.
4. Place on baking tray and bake in a moderate oven until bacon is cooked and the fat is crisping up--you can grill these too, but be careful they don't burn.

Reviews

[2Bleu]

We gave this recipe 4 stars for flavor, but added another for uniqueness. While I was making them, DH said it sounded yucky, but then I reminded him how we put cherries and pineapples on ham when we bake it. What is ham? Bacon! So, not only did I wrap (marachino) cherries in bacon, but also did it with some pineapple chunks and Wow, were they both delicious! The cherry ones were a bit on the sweet side, so we were happy that we didn't use glace (candied) cherries. The pineapple ones packed a nice flavor. Even DH liked these appetizers. Thanks for a creative and easy recipe. :)

[bluemoon downunder]

Fabulously delicious and, judging by the comments made, a really novel concept to all who enjoyed them at the New Year's Eve party I took them to. They disappeared SO fast. I had taken them on the tray ready to be cooked there. In making these, hadn't even registered the fact that they were to be made with glace cherries until I came to prepare them; I had bought two jars of maraschino cherries. The day before I had removed about a tablespoon of the syrup from each jar and had added tablespoon of port. I drained the cherries thoroughly before assembling them. These were just such totally delicious morsels and so easy to prepare: I'll certainly be making them again. Thank you for sharing another super recipe, Noo! Made for PRMR.

[flower7]

After making some other things, I had just three slices of bacon leftover and this recipe intrigued me. I used maraschino cherries instead of glace because I had them on hand. I rolled up the edges of the foil to make a little lip which kept the bacon fat from running everywhere - one of the smarter things I've done recently LOL The cherry and bacon were an unusual and interesting combination. I would like to try again with something just slightly less sugary than the cherries - maybe pineapple, dried fig, or dates. Thanks for sharing!