Bacon Fruit Cups

Step 9 Serve

These are perfect for buffets, picnics, and other single-serving, no-utensils eating extravaganzas.

Serve immediately, or leave at room temperature until serving.  These should be safe to leave at room temperature for several hours as the bacon is fully fried and separated from the wet ingredients. 
These are awesome, and disappear quickly - storage shouldn't be an issue!

If for some reason you must refrigerate the assembled cups, let them come up to room temperature before serving.  Better to refrigerate all ingredients separately (store bacon cups at room temperature) and assemble shortly before you serve.

Variations:
Substitute other fruits and herbs to fit your tastes and the seasons.  The mango works because it has a nice strong acidic flavor that works well against the bacon - I'd expect cherries, pineapple, and other assertive fruits to fill the same niche.  Avocado could be subbed for a nice, ripe, melty pear - this one's about mouth feel.  Cilantro and mint would be good substitutes for the basil.

Comments

[GhostPirate]

While making the bacon fruit cups, I put squares of aluminum foil over the bottom of each muffin cup.  It saved some of the cleanup, but it was still pretty messy.  It protected the bottom of the muffin pans and protected the bacon cups from whatever might have been on the pan.  I'll be serving that our between services snack for the choir.  Some of us sing all 3 services and need something sustaining to get through the 3rd service.  The choir members will eat just about anything, but I believe they'll really take to the bacon fruit cups.

[cybergod]

WOW ! We love bacon, we love fruit. This is BRILLIANT.

Guess what we are doing one night for starters.....

Thanks poster.

[canida]

You're welcome!  How did it go?

[cybergod]

A bit trick y gettign those baskets right, but as I suspected.....BRILLIANT.

[maryserv]

I think that the silicon baking cups would be the ONLY way to do this.  My bacon is stuck to my metal ones.  I froze them last night and am thawing to see if it helps.  If not, I'll have an interesting fruit salad with bacon (it will taste just as amazing).  

I had to fight of my family last night from the cooked bacon cups that did come off the first batch : )  They managed to get the bits.  

Also, I'm guessing the mango is acid enough to keep the avocado from oxidizing (browning) - no browning so far and the fruit has been mixed for about 30 min. 

[canida]

Good luck!  I'll add a suggestion in the recipe to cover regular tins in aluminum foil so you can easily remove the cups.

And you're right about the mango's acid preventing oxidation.  Works beautifully.

[ZoomJer]

If you know how to view stereograms, the two images at the bottom work well.

[supersith22]

 3d Bacon is almost as good as 3d bacon filled with onions, mango, avacado and sugar-bacon powder. lol awesome idea