Apr 17, 2013
I'm not being totally fair to this recipe, as I baked these in the oven. The bacon was delicious. My strawberries were very ripe, I think too ripe for this recipe-they were extremely sweet after baking, too sweet for the bacon. If I were to make it again I would use medium-ripe strawberries and cook the bacon to a flexible state, then stuff each strawberry with a partially cooked piece of bacon to avoid overcooking the strawberries. Then I would proceed with grilling or baking the strawberries. This was a fun project on a rainy afternoon while I baked bacon for the freezer. I used a small paring knife to make a hole completely through the strawberries, but a straw would work great if one was available.
—Elle-NO! I'm NOT