Bacon jam
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| Course | Accompaniment |
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| Main ingredients | Bacon |
Bacon jam is a bacon-based relish, similar to the Austrian starter Verhackertes. It is made through a process of slow cooking the bacon, along with onions, vinegar, brown sugar and spices, before mixing in a food processor.
Bacon jam, like fruit jams, requires a certain level of sugars to be officially labelled 'jam'.
Recipe
Bacon jam is made by slow cooking a combination of bacon, onions, brown sugar and vinegar, then placing the mixture in a food processor and putting it into jars. Variations on this recipe include altering the cooking time between two and six hours, and adding other ingredients such as maple syrup, garlic, a variety of spices and bourbon.
Verhackert
Without the sweeteners the recipe bears some similarity to the Austrian dish, Verhackert. Verhackert is a spread of minced bacon, combined with garlic and salt. A traditional dish, the preparation of bacon takes place over two months, which includes freezing the meat two to three times. Once the meat is ready, it is minced with the other ingredients and pressed into a terrine.[1] Verhackert is served cold with bread as an appetizer.
Notable producers
- Skillet Street Food, a gourmet burger van in Seattle.[2]
- The Bacon Jams, a gourmet food producer in the Philadelphia area, which sells at festivals and nationwide online.[3]
- Martin and Suzie Cowley, who run a fine food business in Rhondda, South Wales, introduced a variant of bacon jam containing Jack Daniel's in 2015.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Food in Styria". Austrian Foreign Ministry. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Skillet Street Food". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Local Foodies Use Kickstarter to Bring Home The Bacon". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Bacon Jam". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
External links
- Stewart, Martha. "Slow-Cooker Bacon Jam". MarthaStewart.com
- "Maple Bourbon Bacon Jam". Closet Cooking.
