Lucas Vineyards

If you are a bacon lover, this easy recipe from Lucas Vineyards in the Finger Lakes is for you! The recipe was used at the 2015 Bacon on the Lakein event.

The special 2016 Bacon on the Lakein takes place next weekend, March 19-20. The 16 winery members of the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail will participate. At each winery a bacon dish will be paired with a wine. Three additional wines will be included for tasting. Participants will collect recipes from the wineries.

At each winery participants can drop a ticket stub into the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Piggy Bank to be eligible for a drawing of a BBQ gift basket.

Find out the details and get your ticket now.

Butterfly Bacon Bombs
aka: Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

Makes 14-16 pieces

Ingredients

8 strips of bacon cut in half to make 16 pieces
1 8oz can whole water chestnuts, drained
½ cup Butterfly white wine
4 Tablespoons soy sauce
½ cup brown sugar

Directions

Combine soy sauce and wine in small bowl or zip lock bag. Add water chestnuts. Make sure the liquid is covering the nuts. Let nuts marinate for 1 hour. Drain. Dredge the nuts in brown sugar. Wrap each nut with ½ strip of bacon and secure with wooden toothpick. Place on wire rack over foil lined baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until bacon is brown and crisp. Serve hot or at room temperature. Enjoy with Lucas Butterfly wine.

Many thanks to the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail for this recipe.

Find out more about Lucas Vineyards by reading our Wine Trail Traveler article.

Cheers!
Kathy