Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Apricots

Ingredients

• 3 oz. plain Havarti, cut into ½- to ¾-inch squares, ¼ inch thick
• 24 toothpicks, soaked in water
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 24 dried apricots (about 7 oz.)
• 24 almonds (about 1 oz.)
• 12 strips bacon (about 12 oz.), cut in half crosswise

Heat a gas grill to high or prepare a hot charcoal fire. Pry open the apricots and put a piece of cheese and an almond into each one. Wrap a piece of bacon around each apricot, trimming as necessary so it overlaps by 1/2 inch, and secure it with a toothpick. Season the apricots all over with pep...

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