Showing posts with label bacon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bacon. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Herbed Bacon-Wrapped Fish

Herbed Bacon-Wrapped Fish

Ingredients:
4 cleaned whole fish (1 lb size)
salt and pepper
1 cup fresh herbs (such as thyme, tarragon, marjoram)
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 strips bacon, more as needed

Directions:
Rinse fish and pat dry. Season to taste inside and out. Place fresh herbs inside cavity of fish then lightly oil both sides of fish.

Wrap fish loosely with bacon strips leaving head and tail exposed.

Set fish in center of cooking grate and cover grill. Cook about 15 minutes. Turn once during cooking.

Remove from grill. Peel off top layer of skin and remove head. Slide fish onto platter.

To serve, slide a wide metal spatula between flesh and bones, and lift out each portion.


Friday, June 5, 2009

Bacon-Wrapped Pork With Apricot Sauce

Ingredients:

***PORK***
4 pork fillets
16 dried apricots
2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
2 teaspoons grated root ginger
2 spring onions
2 teaspoons salt
freshly ground black pepper
8 rashers bacon
***APRICOT SAUCE***
2 small can apricots
2 teaspoons prepared garlic.
2 teaspoons ground cardamom
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 cup chicken stock



Directions:

For Pork: Cut pork fillets in vertically, then make a deep slit lengthways through each pork piece.

Place breadcrumbs in a bowl. Chop apricots finely and mix into breadcrumbs with the ginger. Wash spring onions and chop finely, including some of the green. Add to the breadcrumbs with salt and pepper. Fill the slit in the pork with stuffing mixture.

Derind bacon and wind a rasher around each pork piece to keep stuffing in place. Place in a baking dish and bake at 420 F for 15 - 20 minutes or until meat is cooked through. Serve with Apricot Sauce.

For Sauce: Mash apricots with garlic, cardamom and cumin. Simmer with the stock for 5 minutes.



Saturday, May 23, 2009

SOUTH WEST BLUE CHEESE BACON BURGERS

SOUTH WEST BLUE CHEESE BACON BURGERS

quality hamburger buns
2 pounds 20% lean hamburger
bacon
crumbled blue cheese
habanero hot sauce
garlic salt

Pre-cook bacon. Mix hamburger and hot sauce in container.
Shape into patties of desired size. The thicker the better. Sprinkle garlic salt on both sides of patties.

Set patties aside 10-15 minutes.





Pre-heat grill and cook 3 to 5 minutes on first side. Flip burgers, add bacon and blue cheese to top. Grill 3 to 5 minutes.

Serve with lettuce tomatoes, red onion and mayonnaise with cilantro mixed in.