Cheese-Bacon Flowerpots

* Exported from MasterCook *

Cheese-Bacon Flowerpots

Recipe By : The Big Beautiful Book of Hors d'Oeuvres by Julia Weinberg
Serving Size : 30 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers Hors d'Oeuvres

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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15 strips bacon
16 ounces hard sharp cheese (cheddar or Swiss)
30 large pitted green olives
30 plain rounded toothpicks

Fry the bacon until it is brown but not crisp. With two forks roll each
strip tightly. Continue frying the bacon rolls until they are crisp. Drain
rolls thoroughly on paper towels. Then cut each bacon roll in half to
create 2 smaller rolls.

Cut the cheese into 1-inch cubes.

Slice each green olive in half lengthwise (for the leaves).

To assemble the flowerpot, insert a toothpick halfway into a cheese cube.
Skewer the two olive halves onto the toothpick, pointing each half in
opposite directions to simulate leaves. Top with the bacon-roll flower and
serve.

Do-Ahead Note: Cube the cheese and fry the bacon into flowers the day
before. Refrigerate the bacon separately in foil for convenient party time
reheating.

From The Big Beautiful Book of Hors d'Oeuvres by Julia Weinberg. (New
Century Publishers, Inc. 1980. ISBN 0-8329-0196-2)

Posted to recipelu 8/19/98 by cranew@foothill.net

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NOTES : What has green leaves, a golden brown blossom, comes in a flowerpot
and tastes delicious? Your soon-to-be favorite hors d'oeuvre. These
delightful tidbits flower with the flavors of bacon and cheese.