Life is Better with Bacon

Just a few days ago, Bacon Jam popped up in my news feed. I’m not sure if I should be thankful or just creeped out by the fact that my social media “knows” me… But either way, I had to make it! And it was worth it!

The recipe I used is from Chef John on allrecipes.com. It’s not hard but it takes a little time, like he says. I don’t really mind though because the first step is to render the bacon fat and crisp the bacon. That means bacon potpourri! Once you add onions to bacon grease… ahh that smells just promises that magic is happening in the kitchen! The only minor change I might make next time is that I will skip the salt that the recipe calls for to help sweat the onions. It just doesn’t need the additional salt and the onions have sufficient cooking time to caramelize, in my opinion.

Why have I not heard of this before? It is sweet, smoky, salty bacon spread! With caramelized onions! I already had a thing for caramelized onions and the bacon just sends it way over the top. It is addictive! I have been “testing” it on crackers and I may have to buy more crackers when I’m ready to serve it. Actually, I really want to whip up some burgers and but a big ol’ heaping scoop of this stuff right on top!

If you know any bacon lovers, make them a batch for Christmas. Seriously, it’s good!