Tag: pork
Bacon Swiss Grilled Cheese
Bacon Swiss Grilled Cheese
Who doesn’t love a grilled cheese?! But this just isn’t any grilled cheese. Sweet, savory, salty, and spicy; all into one beast. This monster of a sandwich contains black forest bacon, swiss cheese, charred jalapeños, and blueberry preserves, griddled on sourdough bread. The secret to getting the cheese to melt on this size of a sandwich is to cook it on medium low heat with a cover over the pan.
Ingredients
- 4 strips thick cut bacon I like black forest bacon
- 2 slices sourdough
- 3 slices swiss cheese
- 1 jalapeño pepper sliced
- 2 tbsp blueberry preserves
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Cook the bacon until crispy. Reserve 1 tbsp of bacon grease.
- Sauté the jalapeños in the bacon grease until charred; about 3 minutes.
Sandwich Assembly
- Spread the blueberry preserves on each slice of sourdough.
- Lay 1 1/2 slices of swiss on each slice of sourdough. Layer the bacon on one side; the jalapeños on the other. Put the sandwich together.
- Melt 1 tbsp of butter on a skillet or griddle over medium low heat. Place the sandwich on the skillet. Cover. Cook for 4-5 minutes until the bottom is golden brown.
- Add the other tbsp of butter. Flip the sandwich. Cover and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
Bangers and Mash
If you can’t find a store bought banger sausage and want to make them from scratch, a recipe I made is: 4lbs ground pork, 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, 1 tbsp salt, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp mace, 1 tsp white pepper, 1 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp …
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.
Schweineschnitzel (Pork Schnitzel)
Schweineschnitzel (Pork Schnitzel)
Not to be confused with the Austrian weinerschnitzel(made from veal), schweineschnitzel is the quintessential German dish made out of pork. The word schnitzel itself means thinly pounded, breaded, and fried meat. Pork schnitzel needs to be pounded with a food mallet no more than 1/4” thick so that the pork can cook all the way through while maintaining a golden brown breadcrumb crust.
Servings: 2
Equipment
- food mallet
Ingredients
- 2 8oz boneless butterflied pork chops
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp cracked black pepper
- 3 tbsp flour
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 3/4 cup breadcrumbs
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Using a food mallet, hammer down the pork chops on both sides until they are no more than a 1/4” thick.
- Season the pork chops on both sides.
- Lightly dust each side of the pork chops with flour.
- Dip the pork chops in the beaten eggs.
- Dredge the pork chops in the breadcrumbs. Shake off any excess.
- Add just enough cooking oil to coat a large sauté pan or griddle over medium high heat. Place the schnitzel into the oil.
- Fry for 4 minutes a side until golden brown and crispy.
- Place the schnitzel on paper towel to soak up the oil.
