Bacon Jam: How to eat it.

I cannot stop eating this stuff! I seriously have eaten way to much and the only thing that is going to stop me is it running out. I've had a few people ask me what I use it for so I thought I would post some of the sandwiches and snacks I've tried it with.

One of my (many) sandwiches.

Another one of my current food obsessions is goat cheese. All the sandwiches I made this week were with goat cheese. But I'm sure any nice, melty cheese would be great with the bacon jam. My favorite combination I've made so far was:

• Sourdough bread
• turkey
• goat cheese
• bacon jam
• thin layer of mayo
• put it all together and grill it on the stove or in a panini press

I have also tried shredded chicken and ham. Both are great. Really, with bacon jam, a sandwich cannot go wrong. Just get some bread and put together whatever sounds good. If you think it would taste good with bacon, then just spread a little bacon jam on it.

How do you like my staging? I am seriously the worst photographer ever. Please do not judge my snacks by my pictures!

I made this snack this morning and then went and hid up in my bedroom to eat it. No little hands to try and steal it from me. I used cheddar cheese on the left and Laughing Cow Creamy Swiss cheese on the right. I plopped some bacon jam on there and was in heaven. The Creamy Swiss crackers were divine. Logan and I love to just eat cracker with it but topping it off with the bacon jam brought it to a whole new level. 

So that's what I've been eating all week. I'm sure it would be great just as a dip for crackers as well. And now for the question, What have you done with your bacon jam?

Bacon Jam

So I've had some mixed reviews about this, surprisingly quite a few negative. I mean, c'mon, bacon! I've been wanting to try these chocolate chip bacon cookies that I pinned a while back but I've been too afraid. Maybe I'll have to do that today. But I dare you to give this Bacon Jam a try. If you like bacon I know you wont be disappointed. It is so, so good. I had never even heard of it until a couple weeks ago but I'm so glad I gave it a shot. It's basically a bacon spread that you can put on a sandwich or use as a dip. How can you go wrong with that? You can't, you just can't.

As I was googling and pinteresting recipes for this I quickly realized that most recipes call for coffee in them. I was feeling a little weird about using coffee* and was debating weather I should just give up on bacon jam all together when I came across this recipe. No coffee! Just decaffeinated herbal tea. Perfect. The flavor of this stuff is phenomenal. I just can't explain to you how much I love it. Please go make it yourself so you can share the delight with me.

Bacon Jam without Coffee

Source: Kitchen Corners

1 lbs bacon, cut crosswise into 1" pieces 
2 medium yellow onions, diced small  
1/3 cup cider vinegar 
1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar 
1/2 cup pure maple syrup 
3/4 cup Sweet & Spicy tea from Good Earth (I couldn't find this brand so I just used Celestial brand Mandarin Orange Spice Decaffeinated Herbal Tea.)

1. Cook bacon over med-high heat until fat is rendered and slightly browned.
2. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain.
3. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet and add onions, cook until onions are translucent. Add vinegar, brown sugar, syrup, and tea and bring to a boil, stirring and scraping up browned bits from skillet.
4. Add bacon and stir to combine.
5. Transfer mixture to 6qt slow cooker and cook on high, uncovered until liquid is syrupy--about 4 hours.
6. Transfer to food processor; pulse until coarsely chopped.
7. Let cool, then refrigerate in airtight containers up to 4 weeks.

*For those of you who don't know, I am LDS (or Mormon as we are commonly referred to) and we are counseled not to drink coffee. For more information about our beliefs click here.