BLT - Braised Bacon, Collards and Tomato Jam

Name: BLT - Braised Bacon, Collards and Tomato Jam
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon curry spice; 946 milliliters apple juice; 118 milliliters diced bacon; 1 Tbsp Cajun spice; 1 teaspoon cayenne; 946 milliliters chicken stock; 3 liters chicken stock; 1 head collard greens, deveined and chopped into 1-inch wide ribbons; 1 Tbsp minced fresh thyme; 2 Tbsps horseradish; 237 milliliters dice mirepoix (celery, carrot and onion); 118 milliliters julienned red onion; 1 Tbsp sea salt; 340 grams pork bacon slab; 473 milliliters diced red tomato; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 1 teaspoon white pepper; 118 milliliters diced yellow onion

Need Head to the store and pick up pork bacon slab, bacon, pepper, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.

Instructions

For the bacon: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Bacon

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Oven

Add the bacon, stock and mirepoix to an oven-safe pan, cover with foil and roast for 90 minutes. Then remove the bacon from the stock and allow to cool. Once cooled, portion into 4 portions and hold until re-cooking.

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Mirepoix

Bacon

Stock

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

Add the stock, apple juice, bacon, onions, Cajun spice and collards to a stockpot and cook over medium-high heat until simmering. Then reduce the heat to low and cook until the greens are softened and the liquid has reduced to 2 cups, about 1 hour. After cooking, remove from the heat and hold warm.

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Apple Juice

Cajun Seasoning

Collard Greens

Greens

Onion

Bacon

Stock

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Pot

For the tomato jam: During the collard process, in a small saucepot over medium heat, add the tomatoes, onions, horseradish, thyme, salt, cayenne, curry, white pepper and turmeric, and allow to cook for 75 minutes, stirring during the process. Once cooked, keep warm and tighten with a slurry if needed.

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White Pepper

Horseradish

Tomato

Turmeric

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Onion

Curry Powder

Thyme

Salt

Jam

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Pot

Once all three items are cooked, on an oven-safe pan, add the braised bacon pieces, top with tomato jam and heat under the broiler lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Once browned, portion the collards in a centered pile in a bowl, then top with the relish-broiled bacon and serve.

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Real Bacon Pieces

Collard Greens

Relish

Tomato

Bacon

Jam

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Oven

Bowl

Frying Pan

Equipment

Ingredients

Servings:

1teaspoon

curry spice 946milliliters

apple juice 118milliliters

diced bacon 1Tbsp

Cajun spice 1teaspoon

cayenne 946milliliters

chicken stock 3liters

chicken stock 1head

collard greens, deveined and chopped into 1-inch wide ribbons 1Tbsp

minced fresh thyme 2Tbsps

horseradish 237milliliters

dice mirepoix (celery, carrot and onion)118milliliters

julienned red onion 1Tbsp

sea salt 340grams

pork bacon slab 473milliliters

diced red tomato 1teaspoon

turmeric 1teaspoon

white pepper 118milliliters

diced yellow onion

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 56 dollars per bottle.