Devils On Horseback Recipe Bbc

Steps:

• Soak the prunes and apricots in the wine or juice, preferably for 3 hrs or more. Smear a piece of bacon with a little mustard, then use it to wrap round a prune or apricot and a sausage. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 24 and arrange on a baking tray.
• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7, brush with a little oil and bake for 18-20 mins until cooked and golden.

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.

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.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a small pan over a low heat, and fry the onion for 10 mins until softened and golden. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
• Squeeze the sausagemeat from the skins into a bowl, and tip in the fried onions and sage, grate over some nutmeg and season with plenty of black pepper. Use your hands to mix until the ingredients are combined, then divide into 12 portions and roll into balls. Split each prune down the middle lengthways so it can be opened out like a book. Press a sausage ball into the middle of each prune, carefully wrapping the prune around it to encase the stuffing. Wrap a bacon rasher around each stuffed prune, then thread a cocktail stick through the loose ends to secure the bacon. Place the devils on horseback on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Will keep, covered in the fridge, for up to 24 hrs.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 7. Brush the devils on horseback with the oil and bake for 15-20 mins until the bacon is crisp and golden, and the stuffing is cooked through.

Steps:

• Soak the dates in the sherry for 2 hours, making sure they're fully submerged.
• Meanwhile, place the blue cheese in a small zip-top bag, then snip one corner off the bag, leaving about a 1/2-inch opening. Leave at room temperature until ready to fill the dates.
• Heat a toaster oven to 450 degrees F and place a rack in a quarter sheet pan or use the pan that came with your toaster oven, if applicable (see Cook's Note).
• Drain but do not rinse the dates. Use a pair of scissors to open each date lengthwise.
• Pipe roughly 1/2 teaspoon of the cheese into each date, then wrap with a piece of bacon. Place the wrapped dates on the rack, bacon ends down, and gently press to anchor.
• Bake until the bacon is brown and crispy, about 15 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.

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.