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?
May is National BBQ Month and National Hamburger Month
Cupcakes, not for dessert (unless beef is your idea of a treat)
Because eating French Fries in the car is so tough
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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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10-24-2006 @ 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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10-28-2006 @ 2:49AM
Jen Stone said...
This looks disgusting!!
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