Recipe - Maple-Habanero Bacon

One fourth cup Real maple syrup
1 Diced Habanero; or more
One half teaspoon Cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon Powdered garlic; or less,
only wanted a hint of
taste here
1 teaspoon Sugar; or less, as the maple
syrup was not very sweet
1 teaspoon Real butter; or less, for
richness
4 sl Thick bacon

Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 10:31:47 0500

From: "Goslowsky, George" gjgoslow@ingr.com
As I was cooking breakfast for my daughters this morning, I got a wild hair
up my, umm, in something, I mean somewhere. Rectum you say? Damn near
killed him! Anyway, I was frying up some bacon to go with the biscuits and
was struck by an interesting recipe (not to worry, it didn't hurt much).

Now bear in mind that this is an experiment and while the taste needs a
little work, it was still very good, to me, and it is something that I will
continue to work on. So, having said that, here we go...

I am going for a good maple bacon taste here with the excellent fruittones
of habaneros for better than good measure.

Now this is the way that I did it this morning, but I believe that this is
where the most changes are needed. Added maple syrup, hab, cinnamon,
garlic, sugar and butter to pan and allowed to get hot over medium heat. As
soon as the habs were beginning to sizzle a little, I laid the bacon down
over the entire mixture and cooked like you normally cook bacon.

Results Just as the bacon was getting crisp, the mixture was forming a
very gummy something on the bottom of the pan. It was not burnt, but
looked that way. I believe that this may have leached some of the maple
flavor out as this was my chief complaint about the resulting bacon. The
hab flavor came through OK, but I think that I will increment the
number/amount of habs next time. I will probably use 2 or 3 minimum.

Anyway. I think that next time I will make the mixture on the side and add
it to the bacon after it is half cooked and the grease has been drained. It
may have been the grease that diluted the maple. Dunno, but I am going to
keep trying, because despite the decreased maple flavor, these puppies were
good! I might even add some crushed pecans next time as well. Then I
would have a smoky, crunchy, sweet BURN! Excellent way to start the day!!

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