When I see bacon involved in so many non-traditional uses - bacon cereal, huge bacon-only sandwiches,bacon baklava and bacon ice cream, to name just a few - I get the sense that I have missed out on something. This isn't because I really wanted to try a bowl of bacon cereal myself, but because I really don't want to eat some of these foods. Where will it stop? Is there anything that bacon can't be added to?
I would have thought that candy would be immune from the addition of bacon, but this is not the case. Eatin' and Drinkin' blogged a batch of bacon caramel. It is made just like a classic caramel, with sugar, cream and butter, but has some pre-cooked, crispy bacon added at the end. Salted caramel is delicious - but usually chefs opt for sea salt and not salted meats? It seems like it would either be out-of-this world good (for someone who loves bacon) or just a bit much. Anyone willing to try the recipe and find out for themselves?
10-24-2006 @8:26AM Laura said... Ugh, my husband linked me to this a few weeks ago. Not appealing to me.
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10-24-2006 @8:30AM Fahara said... Sounds sickly but yummy! I'm gonna try it - just as soon as I can work out the equivalent UK quantities for the recipe :D
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10-28-2006 @2:49AM Jen Stone said... This looks disgusting!!
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10-24-2006 @11:27AM Dmnkly said... It's a natural... not the least bit gratuitous. I did crispy candied bacon as part of a bacon parfait (including a green apple and rendered guanciale sorbet, chopped cantaloupe and a sweetened icewine reduction) for an Iron Chef Bacon competition. Bacon makes the transition to dessert a lot more easily than people think.
Been meaning to post a recipe for that for a while... should probably get around to it.
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10-24-2006 @11:32AM Kate said... It's not so far off from peanut butter, honey, bacon and bananas, or a bacon banana waffle. People pair bacon with sweet things all the time, without giving much thought that it is "bacon and dessert." Until they are told it is. I wouldn't try this, but only because I would eat any of the other things, either -- just not my taste. But I can see that it would pair quite well, actually.
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10-24-2006 @2:29PM Myron said... Please don't display such disturbing images.
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10-24-2006 @2:36PM Spitzmaus said... Myron says the image is disturbing, and I concur.
Deliciously disturbing . . .
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10-24-2006 @9:34PM Alex said... I love to swirl bacon or sausage in the maple syrup that drips off my pancakes, this doesn't seem much different. I won't be whipping up a batch of bacon caramel any time soon, but I wouldn't turn it down if someone handed me a piece.
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