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Smoked Bacon Jam
This is the perfect addition to scrambled eggs and cheese on toast
Recipe Category:
Condiments, Jam
Makes enough for:
1
batch of jam
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Adapted from Pomegranate Days
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Ingredients
250
g
wood smoked rindless back bacon
30
mls
lard
2
small
red onions, peeled and roughly chopped
2
cloves
garlic, crushed
2.5
mls
ground ginger
1.25
mls
cayenne pepper
5
mls
Dijon mustard
60
mls
whisky
80
mls
red wine vinegar
60
mls
maple syrup
75
g
fructose
Method
Place a non stick frying pan onto a medium temperature and brown the bacon a few slices at a time
Remove from the pan and roughly cut up and set aside
Place the lard into the pan and add the onions
Sauté until soft and then add the garlic, ginger and cayenne
When you can smell the spices add the mustard and the whisky
Stir to combine and bring to the boil
Add the vinegar, syrup and fructose and stir until the fructose has dissolved
Bring back to the boil and then return the bacon to the pan
Lower the temperature slightly and leave to simmer for half an hour
Once the mixture is thick remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly
Place into a blender and blitz until you have a coarse texture
Pour the jam into a
sterilized glass jar
When completely cool put the lid onto the jar and store in the fridge
Notes
My bacon did not render any fat. If yours does, measure as part of the lard you need