Baconandtomatobread Recipes

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, boil 3 quarts of water, when boiling add 2 tablespoons kosher salt and the pasta and cook until the pasta is al dente.
• In a large saute pan over medium heat, add bacon and saute until bacon is crispy. Remove bacon to drain on a paper towel-lined plate and remove 3/4 of the bacon fat from the pan. Add extra-virgin olive oil, onions, and red chili flakes. Cook until onions are translucent, add garlic, cook for 2 minutes then add tomatoes. Saute for 5 minutes, then deglaze with wine.
• Drain pasta and add to the tomato mixture pan. Add basil and bacon. Toss with Parmesan, and add salt and pepper, to taste.

Steps:

• Combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, basil and salt in a large mixer bowl. Add water; mix on medium speed of mixer for 1 minute. Add in bacon, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and butter; mix to combine. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Knead on a lightly floured surface for 6 to 8 minutes, until dough is smooth and elastic. Cover and let rest 10 minutes.
• Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Form dough into a smooth loaf and place in pan. Cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place 30 to 40 minutes, or until dough is doubled in bulk.
• Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until done. Brush top with melted butter, if desired. Cool in pan 5 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on cooling rack.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Place bread cubes on rimmed baking sheet; bake 10 min. or until lightly toasted. Meanwhile, cook and stir bacon and onions in skillet on medium heat until bacon is browned and onions are tender.
• Combine bread cubes, onions and bacon in large bowl. Stir in tomatoes. Spoon half the bread mixture into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with half the cheese slices. Repeat layers. Whisk eggs and milk until well blended; pour over bread mixture.
• Bake 35 min. or until center is set. Let stand 5 min. before serving.

Steps:

• Cook bacon until it is crisp by your favorite method.
• Crumble, and set it aside, reserving 2 tablespoons of the drippings in a small bowl.
• Whisk together the reserved bacon drippings, mayonnaise, vinegar and basil and let dressing sit, covered, at room temperature while you finish making the salad.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, toss the bread pieces with the salt and pepper.
• Drizzle with the oil, and cook, stirring constantly, until the croutons are crisp and golden brown.
• In a large salad bowl mix together the romaine, tomatoes, bacon and croutons.
• Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
• Boil cider in a 1-quart saucepan until reduced to about 1/2 cup, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Heat butter in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart flameproof casserole over moderate heat until foam subsides. Add onion, apples, thyme, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Nestle bacon in apple mixture.
• Pour cider over bacon and roast, uncovered, until heated through and beginning to brown, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to bread machine pan in order given, unless directed otherwise by your machine's manufacturer. Bake on regular bread setting, light or medium color. For best loft and texture, remove immediately after baking cycle is complete (rather than let it auto-cool in the machine) and cool on wire rack. Makes a tall, 1 1/2 pound loaf.
• Tips for success:.
• I prefer to measure my flour by weight because it's more accurate and MUCH easier/faster.
• I've found that if I lie the slices of bacon on top of each other and slice them first into long strips then chop them into bits, it goes a LOT faster than just haphazardly chopping them. You get much more even bits much faster.
• The single best key to successful bread machine baking is to babysit your doughball is it's forming. Let the machine work until the doughball forms, then let it work five more minutes and have another look at your doughball. Have some extra flour or extra milk handy should you need to adjust the moisture. Your doughball should be just formed enough that the paddle isn't smushing through the bottom of the ball, but not so dry that the ball just spins without touching the walls. (If it's really way too dry, the doughball won't form at all!) The optimal texture is a ball that spins but also smacks the walls of the pan, too. Once you have a firm grasp on what the optimal doughball looks like, and the basic proportions of liquid/flour/salt/sugar/yeast, you're free to wing it with recipes and invent your own.

Steps:

• Butter a 2-quart shallow baking dish (oval or square); set aside. In dish, alternately arrange, cut side down, muffin halves and Canadian bacon. Sprinkle with cheddar and Parmesan cheeses. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt, a pinch of pepper, and hot sauce until combined. Pour over muffins and bacon; cover tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place baking dish on a rimmed baking sheet; remove plastic wrap. Bake until puffed and set in the center (see note below), about 1 hour and 30 minutes. (Tent loosely with foil if strata starts to brown too quickly.) Let stand 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

Steps:

• 1.Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain in a colander, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water. 2.Return hot, empty pan to low heat. Add butter to the pan and allow to melt. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until onion is tender. Add Canadian bacon and cook, stirring frequently, until Canadian bacon is lightly browned. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in cooked pasta. 3.Whisk together milk and egg yolks. Add milk-egg mixture to pasta and cook, stirring frequently, over low heat 1 minute. Stir in reserved pasta water and shredded Parmesan cheese. Cook, stirring frequently, for 1 to 2 minutes or until hot and cheese has melted. 4.Option: Add 1 cup frozen broccoli florets or 1/2 cup frozen peas to pasta water during the last 3 minutes of cooking. Proceed as recipe directs.

Steps:

• Stir together water, salt, brown sugar, Instacure, and vanilla in storage tub until solids are dissolved, about 3 minutes, then add maple syrup and stir until dissolved. Add ice and stir until cure is cold (ice may not be completely melted; keeping liquid cold slows salt absorption).
• Add pork to cure, then weight with a large plate to keep submerged. Chill, tub covered with a lid or plastic wrap, 36 hours.
• Rinse pork and pat dry, then discard brine.
• Prepare grill and smoke bacon:
• Open vents on bottom of grill and on lid. Remove lid and top rack from grill, then center disposable roasting pan on lower rack. Add 6 cups hardwood sawdust to pan.
• Light 5 briquettes in chimney starter. When briquettes are fully lit (covered completely with gray ash and glowing), transfer with tongs to sawdust, spacing evenly.
• When sawdust begins to smolder, replace top rack and arrange pork pieces on rack about 1 inch apart. Cover grill with lid, then insert thermometer into a vent hole in lid to monitor air temperature, which should be 80 to 120°F. (If temperature rises above 120°F, remove 1 or more briquettes or uncover grill slightly until temperature falls. If temperature falls below 80°F, light 1briquette and add to sawdust.)
• Smoke pork, adding 1 cup sawdust to roasting pan and stirring with tongs every 11/2 hours to ignite unburned sawdust, 8 hours. Cool completely, then chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until ready to use.
• Cut finished bacon crosswise into 1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick slices (or roast whole; see cooks' note, below) and fry in a nonstick skillet over moderate heat, turning, until browned. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
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Steps:

• Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. , In the drippings, saute the green pepper, onion, salt, marjoram, thyme and pepper for 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Stir in the noodles. Add half of the bacon., Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Top with cheese and remaining bacon. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.