Easy Sizzling Bacon-Wrapped Apricots with Cranberry Glaze

Name: Easy Sizzling Bacon-Wrapped Apricots with Cranberry Glaze
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 maple-flavored bacon strips, halved crosswise; 2 teaspoons brown sugar; 2 teaspoons brown sugar; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 24 dried apricots; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoons stone-ground mustard; 2 teaspoons water

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Easy Sizzling Bacon-Wrapped Apricots with Cranberry Glaze a try. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 67 calories, 2g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. A mixture of water, apricots, mustard, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 20 minutes. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Bacon-wrapped Stuffed Apricots, Bacon Wrapped Roasted Vegetables with Maple Glaze, and Bacon Wrapped Scallops with Bourbon Maple Glaze.

Instructions

In a saucepan, bring cranberry juice to a boil. Cook, uncovered, until juice reduces to 1 cup.

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Cranberry Juice

Juice

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Sauce Pan

Combine cornstarch and water; whisk into juice along with mustard, brown sugar and nutmeg. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool to room temperature.

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Brown Sugar

Corn Starch

Mustard

Nutmeg

Juice

Water

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Whisk

Meanwhile, line a shallow baking pan with foil. Set a wire rack over foil and coat rack with cooking spray. Wrap bacon halves around apricots and secure each with a toothpick. Reserve 1/2 cup glaze.

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Cooking Spray

Apricot

Bacon

Glaze

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Brush apricots with remaining glaze and place on rack.

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Apricot

Glaze

Broil 5-6 in. from heat for 3-7 minutes or until browned, turning once.

Serve warm with reserved glaze.

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Glaze

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Servings:

maple-flavored bacon strips, halved crosswise 2teaspoons

brown sugar 2teaspoons

cornstarch 24

dried apricots 1teaspoons

ground nutmeg 1teaspoons

stone-ground mustard 2teaspoons

water

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

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Blanc de Bleu Cuvee Mousseux

Blanc de Bleu is a premium California Chardonnay wine with an added hint of blueberries and is a delicate sparkling wine reserved for memorable celebrations. It offers seductive flavors and fresh aromatic effervescence - vividly pasteled with blueberries. All of this is contained in an impressively sexy bottle with tasteful flair.The fruit for Blanc de Bleu is grown in the quiet vineyards of Northern California, known for their cool and clear breezes - ideal conditions for the exclusive grapes and soils that accentuate the profoundly flavorful characteristics. This sparkling wine pairs well with appetizers, sushi and very light meals.