Bacon and Prune Rolls

In today's world, a lockdown birthday celebration is usually a Zoom call. When our family participates the atmosphere is like being in one room with all of them. We talk loudly, we laugh at the most trivial jokes. The most important feeling is the palpable connection like when we are together. This weekend we zoom in for my late mother in law, Pam. She would have turned ninety six. A gracious woman we still admire, she was strong and sensible. Having lived a long, purposeful life, we regale each other with meaningful stories from her past.  We play Housie, a beloved pastime of hers. And while we do this, we nibble on some of her favorite foods.

I make smoked salmon fingerwiches and bacon and prune rolls. Small strips of bacon are wrapped around pitless prunes, skewered and baked till crisp. These are easy to make, tasty to eat and clean up is a cinch!

BACON PRUNE ROLLS

Makes 25 rolls

DF,GF,WF, EF

6 Bacon rashers

24 Prunes, pitted

Toothpicks

Heat oven to 350F/180C.

Cut each rasher into 4 pieces. 

Place a prune in the center of the piece. 

Wrap the prune well and skewer it. Make sure to skewer it where the two ends overlap.

Place rolls on a baking sheet covered with aluminum foil. This makes for an easy clean up. 

Bake rolls for 30 minutes till crisp. 

Remove from the oven and cool rolls on wire rack or paper towels.

They taste best when warm, but you could serve them at room temperature as well.

Bloody Marys flow, the conversation is priceless, Housie is a lot of fun, the photographs make us misty eyed....Mum will always be remembered with love and laughter.

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