The Ultimate Harvest meal- a Foie Gras Candy Bacon BLT

Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
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During harvest we cook pretty simple one course meals. Our friend David Teig, a Starwood Chef, came up the other night to help pick and volunteered to do dinner. I told him to keep it simple- a filling one course meal. He asked me to fire up our pizza oven. He cooked the foie gras in our cast iron skillet in the pizza oven at 700+ degrees, crisped the ciabatta bread in the pizza oven and then took candy bacon- thick cut bacon that he “marinated” in a warm oven with dissolved brown sugar- cooked it in the cast iron skillet with the foie gras fat put it and the foie gras on the ciabatta bread with some heirloom tomatoes and greens. the Ultimate BLT. [cheers.gif]

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Wow, that sounds insanely decadent and delicious! A crime that there isn’t a picture of it [cheers.gif]

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i hope there’s enough for everybody!

seriously, sounds awesome

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We do “pig candy” on our BGE quite often, as it is so simple and so insanely delicious. Pack thick strips of bacon with brown sugar (and a little cayenne if you wish) and smoke at 225* or so until cooked through and with a nice mahogany color. If you get it right, there’s a nice crispy outside from the sugar coating and a little chew from the thick bacon. It is divine. That said, your “Ultimate BLT” takes the pig candy utilization to another level, entirely.

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A crime if they are eating this in California.

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Didn’t think it was against the law to eat it…just to make and sell it.

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Joe isn’t much for facts if he can get a rise out of someone. [stirthepothal.gif]

George