Bacon-Wrapped Matzo Balls
My son got to pick a recipe from the 'to try' file, and I was very excited to try this one. It is from Top Chef winner Ilan Hall and I saw it on 'The Best Thing I Ever Ate'. I had a hard time finding the recipe online. I think I finally got it off a youtube video. (that's why no link) I, personally think that bacon wrapped things (I'm thinking scallops in particular) never have the bacon done enough to my liking. So I changed the recipe a bit, but wish I hadn't. We decided to lightly cook the bacon first. My husband thought we should leave them in longer than I did, and as I hate floppy bacon I thought he was right. We should have wrapped them raw. I think the cooking time would have made them crispy enough. As for the schmaltz, I didn't have any so I used 1 tbsp bacon fat and 1 tbsp olive oil. They were yummy. I think all bacon fat would have been too much. Next time, I would like to make them bite ...