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[yagathai]

This is a kind of bacon marmalade, and the best thing I have ever made.

1 lb maple-cured bacon, cut into lardons
1 pint blueberries
1 large yellow onion, diced
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar (you can substitute 1/4 cup of strong red wine for equal amount of vinegar)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup strong black coffee (optional)
2 tablespoons prepared dijon mustard
pepper, salt to taste

Heat bacon in a dutch oven or large saucepan under high heat until the fat is rendered out. Discard at least 3/4 of the rendered fat. Add onion and blueberries, cook at medium heat, stirring frequently, until onions are soft and lightly caramelized (7-10 minutes). Carefully add cider vinegar (it will splatter, so beware!), coffee, maple syrup, mustard, pepper and brown sugar. Once the liquid begins to boil, reduce the heat to a low simmer. Cook down, stirring regularly, until the consistency of thin marmalade (as it cools, it will firm up). Remove from heat, serve warm or cold. I just served it with some roasted bone marrow and truffle toast (toasted french bread with truffle oil), and it blew my mind.

Comments

[regina-of-york.livejournal.com]

You had me at 'bacon.'

[elsewhereangel.livejournal.com]

I think if I lived anywhere near the production of these culinary delights I would spend a good bit of time outside your apartment, pretending to be a starving kitten.

[skylarkthered.livejournal.com]

Sounds delicious! Except, by "discard" the fat, you in fact mean save-for-another-use, right? Right?!

[tigerinvaseline.livejournal.com]

*files away for NEXT New Year's Brunch*

[mrbelm.livejournal.com]

Add bourbon. And cook it in a slow cooker so you don't have to tend to it.

[after-nightfall.livejournal.com]

I think my brain just shorted out.