Good Quality, High Welfare Meat... My Biggest Dietary Weakness

Even after years of practice I still suck at dieting, completely ignoring my fairly recent weight loss. In my defence I came across this absolutely beautiful looking treacle cured back bacon, it's dry cured, free range, outdoor bred, from an RSPCA assured farm, it was calling my name, I had to buy it, and it would have been just wrong not to go all out with it. So here we have griddled bacon, griddled mushrooms, fried eggs, homemade baked beans and a griddle toasted ciabatta.

Maple Syrup Candied Bacon

Sweet maple syrup poured over salty crispy bacon is a surprising, and thoroughly delicious, combination. Why not take this to the next level? Actually cook your bacon with maple syrup and make a sweet and salty bacon candy treat.

You will need:
10 - 12 rashers of streaky bacon
4 tbsp of maple syrup (possibly more)

Method:
1. Pre-heat your grill to a medium / high temperature, if you get it too hot it will burn the sugar in the syrup.
2. Place a piece of tin foil over your grill pan and lay the bacon out evenly on top, do not overcrowd the grill.
3. Drizzle over some maple syrup and use a brush to ensure the bacon has an even coating.
4. Place the pan under the grill and cook for 2 - 3 minutes or until the bacon reaches your desired level of caramelisation.
5. Turn over the bacon, drizzle on more maple syrup and repeat the process.
6. Once your desired level of caramelisation is reached remove the bacon from the grill and allow to cool slightly, this will let the caramelised sugar in the maple syrup set and give the bacon a crispy, candied finish.

Notes:
This is not only great on its own, as a sweet and salty treat, it’s also awesome in a bacon cob (yes it’s a cob, as in cobbled loaf, not a bun, a bun is sweet) with a good helping of tangy brown sauce.