Bacon Jam

Mmmmmmmmm

Its Bacon. Its Jam. Its perfect! Seriously, I had my doubts about this one when I read about it on my FB feed, but I have a party tomorrow and I wanted to try something different from the usual fare.

So we went hunting at our local grocery store and managed to russell up all the needed ingredients. Its pretty straight forward. The next time I will have all the prep work done in advance and all the ingredients pre-measured and ready to go (HAHAHA yeah I don't believe me either but its nice to have a goal in life).

Anyway, you can go here for the recipe, but just so you know I didn't follow it exactly (I know I'm terrible)

Here's what I used:
1 pound sliced bacon cut into 1-inch pieces
1/2 large yellow onion, diced small
2 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
1/4 cup cider vinegar
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
3/4 cup brewed coffee


I pretty much followed the recipe exactly. My biggest suggestion is don't get distracted and over cook your bacon. Its a tragedy. Possibly even a crime in some areas. So watch the bacon!!

1. Place your bacon in a pan over medium heat. Stir frequently and cook until the bacon is lightly brown. There's gonna be a lot of bacon fat in that pan, so fish out the bacon when its done and place it on a napkin to drain and drain off all but maybe a table spoon of that grease out of the pan.

2. Place the onion and the garlic into the pan and cook (stirring frequently) until the onion is translucent. This can happen quick so, again, don't over cook it!

3. Mix in the remaining ingredients and stir it up and don't forget it get the bits off the bottom of the pan. THose are the yummies! Cook it all until its well mixed up and then stir in the bacon again and get it covered in the juices.

4. Now here's the fun part. Stick it in the crock pot. Just put it in there. Set it on high and stir it every once in a while for the next 3-4 hours. Don't put the lid. You want that juice to thicken up and get uber yummy.  Try not to stick a spoon in there and eat it yet.

5. Once its all thickened up a bit, and you've watched a couple of movies, stick it in a food processor and pulse that baby until its chopped up into bits and chunky. You do NOT want to turn it into a paste. Trust me you want that texture to be there.

6. Let it cool off and enjoy! I have been informed by the boyfriend that it would likely taste good on english muffins (hint hint). So English muffins will be next on my hit list!

Anyway we've already previewed this jam and its fantastic and I'll be passing it out to friends tomorrow! New christmas gifts possibly?