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Old 03-21-2017, 07:29 AM   #1
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Bacon Jam!

By request, posting the recipe for bacon jam:

- Two onions sliced thin and cooked until just starting to caramelize.
- Rendered about 1.5lbs of bacon until just starting to crisp.
- Drained fat except for a tablespoon worth then added the onions, 2 large cloves of garlic, and cooked for two mins.
- Mixed half a cup of coffee, 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar, 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1/2 tsp chili flakes. Added to onion mixture. Salt and pepper.
- Added bacon to this. Bring up to a boil, reduce to low, cook for 1.5-2 hours.

Will post more when done. Here is a teaser of it reducing.



If you are going to make this, save your pennies and buy bacon ends and pieces. Much more cost effective. If I could lock in a cheap bacon source, this would easily be a great commercial product for BigOrson's.



Recipe and pictures aren't my own, but I've made this several times (with a few tweaks) with similar results.

Fantastic on a cheeseburger or grilled cheese sammitch.
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I have made this from Jason's recipe , trust me its good stuff !!!
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Old 03-21-2017, 10:46 AM   #3
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Will have to give it a try, just put another hog in the freezer and it came with 42lbs of bacon...yes....Forty.Two.Pounds., he was a BIG boy. That on top of the 10-12lbs we had left from the last hog means we have ALOT of bacon to eat
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That always sounds good.

I read a few weeks ago that bacon fatt was mixed with molasses or sorghum for a bread spread. It doesn't sound so bat, if the alternative is dry hardback.
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I have another recipe from Southern Living that uses sorghum. It's really hard to find here and it is quite expensive. The recipe I posted is better, IMO.
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Bacon jam -- The premier cure for poor misguided vegetarians.
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I have another recipe from Southern Living that uses sorghum. It's really hard to find here and it is quite expensive. The recipe I posted is better, IMO.
They grow it here, and it's easy to find at a low price.

I just looked on Amazon and my jaw is on the floor.
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I have made this from Jason's recipe , trust me its good stuff !!!
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I concur.
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Going to do a batch this weekend - supposed to be rainy so it will be the kitchen and the shop for me.
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