Baked Thick Cut Bacon With Rhubarb Chutney Food

THICK-CUT BACON IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a baking rack on top. Position bacon strips on the baking rack.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crispy, 15 to 20 minutes.

RHUBARB & DATE CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Put the onions in a large pan with the ginger and vinegar. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins. Add the rest of the ingredients, except the rhubarb, plus 2 tsp salt to the pan and bring to the boil, stirring. Simmer, uncovered, for about 10 mins until the apples are tender.
• Stir in the rhubarb and cook, uncovered, until the chutney is thick and jammy, about 15-20 mins. Leave the chutney to sit for about 10-15 mins, then spoon into warm, clean jars, and seal. Label the jars when cool. Keep for at least a month before eating.

RHUBARB CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, vinegar, garlic, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, red pepper flakes and cloves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. , Add the rhubarb, onion and raisins. Cook and stir over medium heat until rhubarb is tender and mixture is slightly thickened, 5-10 minutes. Stir in food coloring if desired. Cool completely. Store in the refrigerator.

RHUBARB CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a pan, heat the cider vinegar and caster sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Add the chopped rhubarb, dates, ginger and cardamom pod and cook for 15-20 mins or until the rhubarb has broken down and the liquid has reduced to a thick chutney. Season with salt and serve with the hoppers, cauliflower curry and leek seeni sambol (see goes well with, right). Will keep in a sterilised jar for three months in a cool, dark place.

SPICY RHUBARB CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan combine the ingredients of part 1.
• Bring to a boil and stir to dissolve sugar.
• Add the ingredients of part 2.
• Bring back to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until thick, stirring often, about 1-1 1/2 hours .
• Ladle into clean hot jars leaving 1/2 inch head space and process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes.

BAKED THICK-CUT BACON WITH RHUBARB CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Combine sugar, corn syrup, and 1/4 cup water in a medium saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Uncover, increase heat to medium-high, and boil until caramel turns medium amber, 3 to 4 minutes. Carefully add vinegar (mixture will spatter and caramel will seize). Continue cooking, stirring, until caramel dissolves again.
• Stir in rhubarb, shallot, ginger, chile pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper; return to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rhubarb is tender and liquid is syrupy, about 10 minutes. Strain chutney, reserving syrup, and transfer to a serving bowl. Return syrup to saucepan and simmer over medium heat until thickened and reduced to 1/3 cup, about 5 minutes. Arrange bacon in a single layer on a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake bacon in oven 15 minutes. Brush tops of bacon with half of rhubarb syrup. Bake 5 minutes more, then flip bacon and brush other sides with remaining syrup. Continue baking until glossy and most of fat has rendered but bacon is still pliable (it should not crisp), 12 to 15 minutes more. Serve warm, with chutney.