Oh my goodness, I’ve acquired a SHOW STOPPING recipe for you tonight.
Introducing my BACON-WRAPPED-SCALLOPS with Bacon-Wrapped Dates for dessert!
Clearly, I’m not reinventing the wheel right here, nonetheless, it is a breakdown/how-to in case you — like myself — have by no means made them earlier than, and wish a little bit encouragement to take action!
These have been wonderful and such a deal with. This was positively a “big day” type of a dinner, and boy was it divine.
There’s one thing concerning the meaty, smokey bacon, paired with the buttery, melt-in-your-mouth scallops that simply tastes so…*decadent.*
And the bacon wrapped dates for dessert?! DO NOT sleep on these, my buddies. They have been the most effective a part of the meal! They tasted like the most effective pancakes with maple syrup breakfast you’ve ever had. And the dates nearly soften within the oven, making them nearly jammy. My mouth is watering simply enthusiastic about it!
Plus, this meal is 100% Particular Carbohydrate Food plan pleasant, it’s gluten free, and it’s pure bliss!
Right here’s What You Want: (Serves 2)
1 lb of sea scallops (ours have been LARGE and 6-to-a-pound)
1 bundle of bacon (SCD use SUGAR FREE — that is the model I like)
Salt and Pepper
Italian seasoning
4 medjool dates, complete – pitted
Uncooked honey
Instruments:
2 Baking sheets
Nonstick tinfoil
Parchment paper
Toothpicks
Disposable latex gloves
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 levels F.
On a parchment-lined baking sheet, par-cook your bacon for 10 minutes, till it’s starting to shrink, and the fats is turning into opaque.
In the meantime, prep your scallops. Pat them dry with a paper towel. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. *We used Greek seasoning this specific time, and it was fabulous.*
As soon as par-cooked, take away the bacon from the oven, and with latex-gloved arms wrap a bit of bacon round every scallop and safe with a toothpick. (If utilizing smaller scallops, you should utilize 1/2 a bit of bacon per scallop.
Unfold out on a separate, nonstick-tinfoil-lined baking sheet. **Protip: you probably have a baking wire/cooling rack, I might place that on prime of the baking sheet, and bake with the scallops on prime of the wire rack so the bacon turns into further crispy.
At the moment, additionally wrap your dates in half a bit of bacon, securing with a toothpick. Bake on a separate nonstick tinfoil-lined baking sheet. (Or you possibly can fold up the tin foil to create a little bit ridge, and bake them on the identical baking tray).
Bake for quarter-hour, till the bacon is crispy.
Drizzle the cooked bacon wrapped dates with honey for an additional deal with!
Serve with a baked potato (or squash (SCD)), roasted broccoli and a crisp Greek salad!
(BTW that is THE BEST Greek salad dressing EVER — and it doesn’t have any seed oils in it — solely Additional Virgin Olive Oil!)
Holy cow. Once I say, that is gourmand restaurant high quality, I imply it! Not solely are these little bacon/scallop packages so lovely, however they’re taste PACKED.
I didn’t actually respect it after I was pescatarian, BUT…bacon actually does make every little thing higher!
I imply, I really feel like I’ve missed out on a lot deliciousness! haha
And we discovered a model of bacon that’s sugar free — which is critical for the Particular Carbohydrate Food plan — and Steven, who I like to contemplate a meat connoisseur, after attempting the sugar free bacon, he truly prefers it to your conventional maple bacon or applewood smoked bacon. He says you actually get a a pure, unadulterated bacon taste!
So there you will have it! Do your self a favor and make this scrumptious meal! It is going to be one your positively received’t neglect!
And likewise – I launched a YouTube video this afternoon, you should definitely test it out!