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Bacon-wrapped dates with quince marmalade

Name: Bacon-wrapped dates with quince marmalade
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: medjool dates 24; streaky bacon 12 slices, halved; linguica sausage or cooking chorizo 200g, skins removed; soft cheese 1 tbsp; manchego finely grated to make 5 tbsp; cooked chestnuts 50g, crushed, plus some extra to decorate; salad leaves to decorate; quince paste 250g; sherry vinegar 1 tbsp

40 minutes
makes 24
Easy

These sticky dates look really impressive but are actually very easy to make for a crowd-pleasing canapé

By Dan Doherty

Published: October 14, 2015 at 2:19 pm

Ingredients

medjool dates 24
streaky bacon 12 slices, halved

STUFFING

linguica sausage or cooking chorizo 200g, skins removed
soft cheese 1 tbsp
manchego finely grated to make 5 tbsp
cooked chestnuts 50g, crushed, plus some extra to decorate
salad leaves to decorate

QUINCE MARMALADE

quince paste 250g
sherry vinegar 1 tbsp

Method

Step 1

To make the marmalade, put the quince, vinegar and a splash of water in a small pan. Simmer until melted together. Cool.
Step 2

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix all the stuffing ingredients together and shape into 24 balls. Open each date and remove the stone. Flatten the date by pressing slightly. Put 1 ball inside each date. The dates won’t be big enough to hold the ball but wrap with bacon and fix with a cocktail stick to hold it in. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve with the marmalade on the side and chestnuts and salad leaves to decorate.