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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

  • 10 mini red bell peppers sliced 1/8in thick
  • 1 1/2 cups distilled white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1-3 tsp red chili flake depending on how spicy you want it

Cheese-less filling

  • 8 oz Miyokos cashew mozzarella cheese
  • 4 oz Miyokos cashew cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup vegenaise soy-free
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp fresh dill finely chopped - 1/3 tsp if using dried
  • 1 tbsp fresh chives finely chopped - 2 tsp if using dried
  • pinch each of salt and pepper

Other ingredients

  • 8 strips bacon baked in the oven at 375 until crispy
  • 1 hot house cucumber sliced 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.