Good afternoon all. I got to thinking about making up some bacon jam after seeing a few threads in the regard. And I had a idea to give it a twist.
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This will call for:
3 pounds thick cut bacon cut up.
3 sweet onions. Finely diced
8 shallots minced
4 gloves of garlic minced
1.5 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup Maple syrup
3 tsp chili powder
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 tsp xxx Cayenne pepper. Received from Robert
tx smoker
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Cook bacon and drain on a paper towel. Drain bacon grease from pot. Reserve about 3 Tbs in pot.
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Add onions and shallots to pot. And cook on medium until caramelized. About 20 minutes.
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When onions are done. Add the:
bacon
brown sugar
garlic
maple syrup
vinegar.
Bring to simmer. Then put on low for 30 minutes until the liquid reduces.
Now for the heat. I first added 1 tsp of the XXX cayenne. Waited 5 minutes. And tasted. Yup, there is heat. But not quite enough.
Added another tsp. Waited 5 minutes. Oh boy. Now there is warmth. Very nice with the sweet and smokey flavors.
Cooled and jarred with some semi-fancy pint mason jars.
I got just shy of 4 pints.
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I like homemade bacon jam much more then store bought. The store bought always tastes fake. I think from them adding liquid smoke or something.