I've been doing a lot of talking about weddings, and not so much about the food part lately. So, let's try to balance that out by something awesome: Slow cooker bacon jam. Oh my gosh my world just changed!!! I subscribe to the Everyday Food magazine, which is a Martha Stewart subsidiary. It lights up my mailbox regularly, I'm never let down by it. This month had a section on bacon. I am a bacon fanatic. I want to eat bacon wrapped bacon. I have a dream of one day opening a store that only sells bacon. How amazing would that be?! Just different types of bacon. Oh my gosh. I digress. Back to bacon jam. It's dead simple and ridiculously tasty. I'm just waiting for Dan to get home so I can slather it on some cheese!!! Actually I don't think I'll be able to wait that long, who am I kidding?!
Slow Cooker Bacon Jam
(from Everyday Food magazine, Issue 78, Dec 2010)
Makes 3 cups
Active time 30 mins
Total time 4 hrs
Makes 3 cups
Active time 30 mins
Total time 4 hrs
- 1.5 lbs sliced bacon (a package and a half approx), cut cross wise into 1" pieces
- 2 medium yellow onions, diced small
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled & smashed
- 1/2 cup cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 3/4 brewed coffee
With a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Pour off all but 1 tbsp of fat from skillet; add onions and garlic and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes. Add vinegar, brown sugar, maple syrup and coffee. Bring to a boil, stirring and scraping up any brown bits, about 2 minutes.
Add bacon and stir to combine.
2. Transfer mixture to a slow cooker and cook on high uncovered until liquid is syrupy*, about 3.5 - 4 hours.
3. Transfer to a food processor; pulse until coarsely chopped. Let cool then refrigerate in air tight containers, up to 4 weeks.
* My mixture never went "syrupy" per say, but it did reduce down a lot. It turned out fine anyways. Yum!!!
Lol okay now I have to be honest.... I like where your head is at here. I like (love) bacon. I support branching out.... but bacon jam? really? haha. Sorry just doesn't sound good to me :) But then again I hate maple syrup and any kind of sweet-glazed meat so I guess I was never bound to like it. Have you ever tried bacon maple donuts? I haven't (see: hating maple), but supposedly they're fabulous if you like that sort of thing.
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Okay, it's not like toast and jam type of jam, it's like on top of cheese type of jam. Calling it a tapinade or a spread would definitely be a better descriptor. It's a bit sweet, definitely thick. It was awesome on Asiago :) I love it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't had bacon maple donuts but I think I definitely want them! Where do you get them?! I've made peanut butter bacon cookies and they were DELICIOUS. The bacon just acted as a salty accent, you couldn't taste the bacon flavour at all.
haha in Canada? I have no idea :) I think its just various local places do them... but they seem to be getting popular so I bet good ol' Tim Horton's will have them before too long.
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome! I am going to add it to my Thanksgiving menu. On the coffee measurement, is that supposed to be "3/4 cup coffee"? I assume it is, but just wanted to double check.
ReplyDeleteIf you are ever in Los Angeles, The Nickel Diner makes excellent bacon-maple donuts. http://nickeldiner.com/