Bacon Jam
Total Time
1h 51m
33m prep · 78m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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This recipe can be used for spooning on Granny's old-fashion biscuits, or put a dollop on fluffy scrambled eggs. On a toasted slice of a crusty bread or good crackers it would be divine. Whatever you use this for, it will work beautifully, because everything is better with bacon!

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds bacon , cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 0.5 cups bacon drippings
  • 2 large yellow onions , cut into very thin slivers
  • 0.5 cups brown sugar
  • 0.25 cups garlic , minced
  • 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
  • 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup bourbon whiskey
  • 1 cup brewed coffee
  • 0.5 cups sherry vinegar
  • 0.5 cups maple syrup
  • 0.75 cups ketchup

Instructions

  1. 1

    Cook and stir bacon in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until bacon starts to brown, about 10 minutes; drain grease, retaining 1/4 of the drippings. Stir onions into bacon and drippings; cook and stir until soft, about 10 minutes. Stir in brown sugar; cook until onions are sticky and browned, about 5 more minutes. Mix in garlic, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cook and stir until garlic is soft, about 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Mix in bourbon whiskey, coffee, sherry vinegar, and maple syrup. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook until the bacon jam is thickened but not completely dry, stirring occasionally to prevent burning, about 35 minutes. Mix in ketchup and cook 5 more minutes.

  3. 3

    Remove from heat, let the bacon jam cool, and pulse in a food processor to a slightly chunky, spreadable consistency. Bacon jam will store in the refrigerator, covered, up to 2 weeks.

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