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Maple Brown Sugar Glazed Bacon Steaks
Maple Brown Sugar Glazed Bacon Steaks
These glazed bacon steaks are a real treat. I recently purchased a chunk of applewood smoked slab bacon from work and wanted to glaze it in the oven. I sliced the bacon a 1/2” thick. The glaze is simply brown sugar and maple syrup that caramelizes in the oven. The most important part of making the glazed bacon steak is to use multiple layers of foil on your baking pan. If you don’t, it will be next to impossible to clean it.
Equipment
- baking sheet
- foil
Ingredients
- 1/2” slices slab bacon
- brown sugar
- maple syrup
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with multiple layers of foil. Place the slab bacon slices on the foil. Cover with a thin layer of brown sugar. Drizzle with real maple syrup. Place in a cold oven. Set the temp to 350°.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Flip the bacon and spoon over the glaze.
- Bake for another 10 minutes.
Croissant, Bagel, and English Muffin French Toast
Serve the French toast with a dusting of powdered sugar and maple syrup.
Crab Cakes Benedict
Crab Cakes Benedict
Eggs benedict is great, but how about adding crab cakes into the mix?! Crab cakes, soft boiled eggs, and Hollandaise sauce over English muffins is a marriage meant to be. You can use store bought crab cakes or make your own from scratch. My Maryland-style crab cake recipe attached below will make your belly very happy.
Ingredients
- 4 crab cakes homemade or frozen
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 English muffins sliced in half and toasted
Soft Boiled Eggs
- 4 large eggs
- water
- 1 tbsp vinegar
Hollandaise Sauce
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 egg yolks beaten
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
Crab Cakes
- Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Fry the crab cakes for 4-5 minutes a side until golden brown. Set aside.
Hollandaise Sauce
- Melt the butter in a small pot over low heat.
- Beat the egg yolks, lemon juice, and cream together in a small bowl.
- Whisk in 1 tbsp of the melted butter into the yolk mixture to temper the eggs.
- Whisk in the tempered yolk mixture into the rest of the melted butter. Turn off the heat.
Soft Boiled Eggs
- Bring 3” of water to a boil in a small pot. Add in the vinegar. Reduce the heat to medium. Crack each egg into a measuring cup and carefully drop into the water. Simmer for 3-5 minutes depending on how you like your eggs cooked.
Assembly
- Top each of the English muffins with a crab cake.
- Place a soft boiled egg on each of the crab cakes.
- Spoon over the Hollandaise sauce over each of the crab cakes benedicts.
Maryland-Style Crab Cakes
Every time I go to Baltimore, I have to go to the Lexington Market and get a crab cake at Faidley’s Seafood. They’re spendy, but are considered to be some of the best crab cakes in the world. You can make crab cakes at home for a fraction of the price, all considering that good quality lump crab meat will cost you about $50 lb. But I guess getting 7-8 crab cakes for that much is better than paying $25 for just 1.
Ingredients
- 1 lb jumbo lump crab meat
- 20 saltine crackers crushed
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp hot sauce
- 1 tsp old bay seasoning
- 1/4 cup parsley chopped
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix together the mayonnaise, egg, dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and old bay seasoning.
- Fold in the crab meat, along with the crackers and parsley.
- Form into 1/3 lb. cakes. Place on parchment paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Heat up 1/4” of vegetable oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Place the crab cakes into the pan.
- Fry until golden brown; about 4-5 minutes a side.
Cherry Vanilla Almond Bread
Serve warm with a droll op of butter. Turn any leftovers into French toast.
Taylor Pork Roll Breakfast Sandwich
Taylor Pork Roll Breakfast Sandwich
I’ve been very patiently waiting to make it out to the east coast for this moment…the Taylor pork roll sandwich. Considered a delicacy, Taylor pork was created by John Taylor in Trenton, NJ in 1856. The cured meat contains pork, salt, sugar, and spices that formed into a large roll and smoked. It is kind of similar in flavor to a hotdog, but much firmer in texture. This pork is topped on griddled bread of your choice with a fried egg and cheese; sometimes served with ketchup.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 croissants
- 2 large eggs
- 2 slices Taylor pork roll
- 2 slices cheese
Instructions
- Melt 1/2 tbsp of butter in a skillet. Toast the croissants cut side down for 2 minutes over medium heat.
- Flip and toast for another minute. Remove from the skillet.
- Add the pork slices into the skillet.
- Brown for 2 minutes a side. Remove from the pan.
- Melt the other 1/2 tbsp of butter. Crack in the eggs and cook to your liking.
- Place the cheese and pork roll on the bottom half of the croissant. Place the egg on the top half.
