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Home » Uncategorized » Datiles con Tocino

Datiles con Tocino

June 18, 2013 · WCC Administr@tr · 12 Comments

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We’re continuing on with our week of Spanish Tapas! We had such a great time this past weekend and we’re sharing the recipes we prepared in our Spanish Tapas cooking party. If you’re ever in the Chicagoland area, please come join us as we’re hosting a themed cooking party each month. This month we featured Spanish tapas and next month it will be Cuban fare for our Havana Nights cooking party. We’d love to have you join us! So back to tapas… a popular favorite and that is a must on our Spanish table is Datiles con Tocino. Translated, it’s sweet pitted dates stuffed with manchego & iberico cheeses that are wrapped with applewood bacon and baked until crisp. These are highly addictive so you have been warned!…


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This recipe is super easy. Three ingredients is all you need and these are even great to make with children! Some tips… if you have an ethnic market in your area, I would look for pitted dates there. I’ve found ethnic markets will have pitted dates at a more reasonable price than the usual national chain supermarkets. As for the Spanish cheeses, you can substitute them with parmesan or asiago. Any hard grating cheese works well if you can’t find traditional Spanish cheeses. Lastly, for the bacon, it doesn’t have to be applewood bacon. You can even use maple bacon if you’d like for a touch of sweetness. If you’re looking to cut calories, try turkey bacon! And if you’re vegetarian, omit the bacon all together and just bake the cheese stuffed dates… they’re delicious too!
Datiles con Tocino
recipe adapted from Emilio
16 organic dates, pitted
8 slices applewood smoked bacon, cut in half
1/4 pound Manchego or Iberico cheese, diced small
Stuff each date with a small cube of cheese
Wrap half a piece of bacon around each date.
Bake in 500-degree oven until bacon is done, about 10 minutes.

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  1. Nikki says

    June 18, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    My sister-in-law made something similar for their rehearsal dinner, and everyone loved them. My boyfriend really went nuts for them. I'll have to show him this recipe!

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  2. Eva @ Eva Bakes says

    June 18, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    Dates have become one of my favorite new eats – I use them to make Larabars and other breakfast bars. I love the idea of stuffing them with cheese and wrapping them with bacon!

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  3. Allyson Bossie says

    June 18, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    I had a friend who brought these to my last baby shower 5 years ago. They were so delicious, but I didn't know what they were called

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  4. Unknown says

    June 18, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    a themed cooking party sounds like so much fun. Thank you for sharing your recipes.

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  5. kylee says

    June 18, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    You had me at bacon.
    The end.

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  6. Tara says

    June 18, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    I see bacon! 🙂 I love tapas. Perfect for any and all occasions.

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  7. Little Miss Kate says

    June 18, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    Bacon makes everything better! Love this recipe :o)

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  8. Unknown says

    June 18, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    Oh those look so awesome!! My husband would absolutely love these too! I never would have thought to put dates and bacon together. I can't wait to try it.

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  9. That Girl says

    June 18, 2013 at 7:14 pm

    Probably the only way to improve on cheese is to stick it in a date and wrap it in bacon.

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  10. Mr. & Mrs. P says

    June 18, 2013 at 8:03 pm

    These sounds wonderful. Great combination of sweet and salty

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  11. Unknown says

    June 19, 2013 at 4:13 am

    Oh Tapas!! I Love them! This looks so yummy!

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  12. Chasing Joy says

    July 10, 2013 at 5:45 pm

    OMG these look and sound so good. I pinned it to my Yummy board 🙂

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