This recipe for bacon-wrapped cherries makes one of my favorite appetizers. I say it serves 18 people, but if no one stops me, I will eat the whole batch myself and start making more.
Prep Time::20 mins
Cook Time::5 mins
Total Time::25 mins
Servings::18
Ingredients
36 maraschino cherries, stemmed, drained and juice reserved
18 slices bacon slices, halved
36 toothpicks
Directions
Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
Wrap each cherry with a bacon half, secure with a toothpick, and arrange on a baking sheet. Drizzle reserved cherry juice over wrapped cherries.
Broil in the preheated oven until bacon is crisped to your liking, 3 to 10 minutes.
Cook’s Note
Cooking time may be increased if you want the bacon crisp, but I think that the bacon is better soft.
Although I have never tried it, I imagine that this recipe would also be good on a grill with a grate small enough that the cherries don't fall through.