Bacon Wrapped Breadsticks
photo by Ms B.
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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40-50 breadsticks
ingredients
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar (spread out on a tray and allowed to dry for 1-2 hours before using)
- 1 tablespoon chili seasoning mix
- 2 lbs bacon (very thinly sliced)
- 40 -50 breadsticks (grissini)
directions
- After the brown sugar has air-dried a bit, add the chili seasoning and mix with fingers to blend well.
- Take a bacon rasher and dip it into the sugar, pressing sugar in lightly on both sides.
- Wrap, barber-pole style around a breadstick and place on a greased (I use olive oil) baking pan or cookie sheet.
- Repeat with as many bacon rashers as you have left.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Roast until bacon is cooked and you can see sugar has caramelized- make sure it's cooked and not burnt- about 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and CAREFULLY pick up breadstick and place on a large platter to harden (the breadsticks will be soft at this point but will harden as they cool).
- This must be done immediately, otherwise the caramelized sugar will set and it will be impossible to get your breadsticks out of the pan.
Reviews
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Great appetizer! Serve these at a cookie exchange evening and I only had 6 left for my husband to sample when he got home. (He said they were even good reheated!!) I used chili powder instead of chili seasoning and the flavour combination was great. I think next time I will buy thin sliced bacon as some of my pieces were quite thick and did not wrap easily around the breadsticks. Will make again-thanks!
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Great appetizer! Serve these at a cookie exchange evening and I only had 6 left for my husband to sample when he got home. (He said they were even good reheated!!) I used chili powder instead of chili seasoning and the flavour combination was great. I think next time I will buy thin sliced bacon as some of my pieces were quite thick and did not wrap easily around the breadsticks. Will make again-thanks!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.