Devils On Horseback - Real Recipes from Mums

If you've had these before, YOU KNOW how good they are…. the perfect party hand around.

Ingredients

12 pitted prunes
third cup verjuice
5 rashers streaky bacon halved
1 tablespoon olive oil

Method

Soak prunes in verjuice for half hour to plump them up (they'll taste so much better too).
Preheat oven to hot and line a baking tray with baking paper. Wrap each prune with bacon and spear with a toothpick (make sure the seam of the bacon overlaps so it seals together).
Place on baking sheet seam side down and drizzle a little olive oil over them. Bake until bacon is cooked through about 20 minutes.

Notes

*You can use figs or dates instead of prunes and the prunes can also be stuffed with blue cheese or cottage cheese. Verjuice is from grapes and is similiar to wine but more flavoursome in cooking without the alcohol. Get yourself a bottle as a pantry investment, you will never look back.

67 Comments

- - mom486197 said
  - 29 Nov 2024
    10:30 am
Now this now sounds interesting. Not something i would have thought to make or mix together but it obviously works and is tasty. I am not a huge prune fan but love bacon so perhaps the savoury and sweet would go together nicely. I guess you won’t know until you give it a try.

- - kjgarner said
  - 14 Jun 2018
    12:10 pm
What is verjuice? Where is the best place to buy it?

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 22 Jan 2017
    12:38 pm
Mum used to make this in the 70’s retro revival!!

- - mom62624 said
  - 25 Jan 2016
    3:33 pm
Thanks; great for entertaining!.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 24 Jan 2016
    9:32 am
Delicious!! Perfect for Australia Day nibbles.

- - Kell said
  - 21 Jun 2015
    7:52 pm
I am drooling Thanks for sharing

- - mom93821 said
  - 16 Jan 2015
    5:38 am
Thanks again for this recipe; going to make these over the weekend.
- mom94125 replied
  
  16 Oct 2015 , 1:32 pm
  yes it is a nice treat to make or a nice treat for parties but can’t eat it everyday lol.
- - mom93821 said
  - 15 Jan 2015
    7:54 pm
Thanks for sharing this tasty looking recipe; great savoury treat.

- - shortaez said
  - 19 Oct 2014
    2:12 pm
Devils on horseback yum trying this

- - mom94125 said
  - 10 Oct 2014
    2:17 pm
this looks yummy. i love bacon! this is a great recipe
great for parties

- - deangunna said
  - 06 Sep 2014
    9:30 pm
Wow this is different, I would however try one of these.

- - meedee said
  - 06 Sep 2014
    8:08 pm
I have never heard of Verjuice…I will have to check it out. I dont drink so dont tend to have alcohol in the house and if I need wine for a recipe it means im often left with 3/4 of a bottle that i have no use for.

- - BellaB said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    9:31 pm
Honestly? This doesn’t appeal to me, sorry.

- - tilly said
  - 26 Aug 2014
    7:44 am
Never tried these before. Interesting!

- - Happymum-2 said
  - 24 Aug 2014
    5:33 pm
a great finger food for parties

- - rachkap said
  - 11 Aug 2014
    2:36 am
An oldie but a goodie!

- - ginoula5 said
  - 08 Aug 2014
    1:58 pm
oh must make these, love prunes

- - mom57522 said
  - 10 Jun 2014
    1:17 pm
Great to soak the prunes.

- - rachaelchara said
  - 08 Jun 2014
    3:09 pm
Sounds so nice. Very tasty.

- - kazh said
  - 31 May 2014
    1:05 am
Prunes would give this a lovely sweetness