Dairy Free Party Appetizer - Cucumber & Bacon Bites
A quick, tasty bite without any grain, gluten, dairy, egg, soy, or peanuts.
Course Appetizer
Ingredients
Pickled pepper rings
10mini red bell pepperssliced 1/8in thick
1 1/2cupsdistilled white vinegar
1/2cupsugar
1/2cupwater
1-3 tspred chili flakedepending on how spicy you want it
Cheese-less filling
8ozMiyokos cashew mozzarella cheese
4ozMiyokos cashew cream cheese
1/2cupvegenaisesoy-free
1/2tsponion powder
1/2tspgarlic powder
1tspfresh dillfinely chopped - 1/3 tsp if using dried
1tbspfresh chivesfinely chopped - 2 tsp if using dried
pinch each of salt and pepper
Other ingredients
8stripsbaconbaked in the oven at 375 until crispy
1hot house cucumbersliced 1/8-1/4in thick
Instructions
Pickle the peppers
Place the pepper rings into a canning jar. Add the vinegar, sugar, water, and chili flakes to a pot over medium heat. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat, then pour the hot liquid into the canning jar with the pepper rings. Let sit at room temperature until cool, then store in fridge up to 7 days before use.
Make the filling
combine all the filling ingredients in a bowl and whip together until smooth, using an electric hand mixer. Place in a piping bag or a zip top bag and put in the fridge for at least 1 hour, up to 4 days.
Assemble cucumber bites
Arrange the bites layer by layer, starting with a slice of cucumber, topped with a pickled pepper ring. Snip the corner from the zip top bag of filling and pipe a small amount into the pepper ring - about 1-2 tsp. Top with a 1in square piece of bacon, then another small dollop of filling. Serve chilled.