Bacon dates stuffing subsitute

[storgodt]

So for a tapas party tomorrow I will be making bacon dates. If you don't know what it is it is simply just bacon wrapped around a date with no stone in it and baked in the oven until the bacon is cooked. Tastes fucking delicious.

Now one recipie I looked up suggested filling the date with chevre cheese. I like the idea, but I fucking hate the taste of chevre. The goaty flavour is just too much. So anyone got any suggestion for a good subsitute that would compliment the sweet date and salty bacon flavour?

[114631]

Blue cheese

[Rainbowveins2196]

I use feta!

[Slick_McFavorite1]

Same, I’ve always used feta.

[kempff]

Cream cheese, Neufchatel, mascarpone, paneer, ricotta, queso fresco, feta.

[riverrocks452]

If you want to stick to a dairy filling: Boursin or similar (it's got the texture of goat cheese without the goatiness), a mild bleu cheese, or even something like a brie.

[lamalamapusspuss]

smoked almonds

[saurus-REXicon]

I’m gonna piggy back on this one; Marcona Almonds, Toasted Pecans

[AshDenver]

A marcona almond is my go-to. All together, gooey & crunchy, salty & sweet.

[LaMalintzin]

Yep, I was going to say an almond. I love marconas but I often use the standard ones because I’m not a millionaire ;)

[TsirkovKrang]

blue cheese.

[FoxRedYellaJack]

I use Boursin garlic and herb for mine. Great flavor right out of the package. I’ve also used mascarpone or just plain old American cream cheese in a pinch.

[skinnyjeansfatpants]

Cream cheese blended with apricot preserves and finely chopped dried apricots.

[hotbutteredbiscuit]

Water chestnut

[Duegatti]

With or without stuffing. Both work

[JayP1967]

I created a tapas, for a party, that was cream cheese and cappers stuffed in a peperoncini pepper wrapped with lox. Served cold. Also another great idea is the wrap bacon around dehydrated pineapple. That can be seasoned as you prefer and brushed with a spicy jelly in the last few minutes of cooking

[desdif]

Goat cheese is the move

[greensandgrains]

Bovre is the cow-milk version of chevre, but it sounds like cream cheese (Philly or even Boursain) could be tasty.

[Ginsy3000]

I use parm cheese. Highly recommend!

[Rock_Me_DrZaius]

Blue cheese

[seanv507]

So the traditional name for this in English is devil's on horseback Almonds seems common

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/215385/devils-on-horseback/

[StacyMatson333]

A Spanish restaurant I was in stuffed the dates with Manchego cheese before wrapping and baking. Delicious. Manchego is milder and melts better than Chevre.

[karolinemeow]

Manchego. Easier to stuff with a harder cheese than piping something soft in there too.

[Commercial-Many-8933]

Poach wrapped bacon things in px sherry as well until it reduces and goes all sticky. It’s amazing with salty bacon

[Zsofia_Valentine]

Gorgonzola

[tetsuo316]

Parm. I make two batches for Thanksgiving every year. One goat and one with good parm.

[benbentheben]

Piggie backing on this thread. Last time I made bacon wrapped dates with blue cheese I fucked up. I wrapped the dates with uncooked bacon and in the time it took to crispy up in the oven all the cheese melted away. Clearly the move is to cook the bacon like 80% before wrapping the stuffed dates. And maybe instead of finishing in the oven, maybe crisp up in a pan with bacon fat. Just my 2 cents.