This past weekend we went down to Manhattan, and the kids talked me into taking them to their favorite candy store on the upper east side. And as they walked around the store, eyes as big as saucers, I stumbled upon a shelf of all kinds of bacon flavored sweets.
None of these things really appealed to me, but the concept is totally brilliant. I mean really, who doesn’t like bacon?! Even my best friend, who is a vegetarian, tells me that she misses bacon more than any other meat.
But as I stood there, I started thinking about how I could make a candied bacon and all the possibilities I could pair it with.
I often bake bacon in the oven, and I baste it with maple syrup. And that too is candied bacon, but I decided to cook it low and slow on the stovetop. Low and slow the key to sweet and tender cooking. So I diced up a pound of bacon, and cooked it on low until it was a little crispy. This took a little over an hour.
I drained the bacon, discarded the grease, and returned it back to the pan, and hit it with a tablespoon of maple syrup, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and cooked on medium for about another 5 minutes.
Now I had my version of candied bacon. Sweet and savory. Every flavor is evident. Delish.
While I was cooking the bacon, I was watching one of those food truck shows and the entire show was dedicated to food trucks that serve waffles.
Hey, I want to get on that band wagon. I can skip the truck, but how about some pumpkin waffles to go with that delicious candied bacon?!
And not to stop there. How about topping the pumpkin waffles with maple ice cream and candied bacon.
O. M. G.
Amen.
ella says
Yuck that was probably disgusting actually no really DISGUSTING!