BLT Skewers
- Level: Easy
- Total: 45 min (includes chilling time)
- Active: 15 min
- Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients
Six 1-inch-thick slices good-quality ciabatta bread
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
6 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked
1 head butter lettuce
24 small cherry or grape tomatoes
Green Goddess Dip, for serving, recipe follows
Green Goddess Dip:
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup fresh dill
1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1/4 cup fresh tarragon leaves
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons neutral oil
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
Directions
Special equipment:
twenty-four 4-inch cocktail skewers- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Brush both sides of the bread with the olive oil. Place on a baking sheet fitted with a rack. Bake until lightly toasted, 4 to 5 minutes. Let cool, then cut each slice into bite-size pieces.
- Cut each slice of bacon into 4 pieces. Remove 12 nice leaves from the head of lettuce. Cut each lettuce leaf into 2 pieces. Skewer a piece of bread onto each of twenty-four 4-inch skewers. Carefully roll up the lettuce pieces and place one on each skewer, followed by a piece of bacon and a tomato. Serve with Green Goddess Dip.
Green Goddess Dip:
- Combine the buttermilk, yogurt, basil, dill, parsley, tarragon, mustard and vinegar in a blender and blend for about 15 seconds. With the blender running, slowly drizzle in the neutral oil and extra-virgin olive oil until the mixture is emulsified. Season with salt and black pepper. Serve chilled.
