From Eli Cooks:
That quest, unfortunately, has not yet been completed. I have, however, created a very good bacon apple pie. It’s sweet, salty, a little meaty, just a bit smoky with a hint of spices. The thing is, it doesn’t quite feel like a cohesive whole. It’s more like a good apple pie with some bacon. The flavors complement each other well, but they haven’t quite merged into that transcendent whole-is-more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts experience that i just know this pie could (and eventually will) be. That said, this pie as is tastes pretty great; I have no qualms about posting this recipe. But that doesn’t mean I won’t continue to tweak it in search of perfection.
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14 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.People must not realize (or worse, not care) how bad pork products are for the environment.
You had me at bacon.
The bacon should be rolled into the crust, and bacon bits put in with the apples. Then drizzle the bacon grease over the top and bake
That should get the flavors to mingle!
Good bacon morning! I think they needed to commit and mix the bacon INSIDE the pie with the apples… maybe some maple syrup to tie it all together!
You’ll need:
15 thick slices of bacon
2 onions
1,5 pounds of apples
Fresh parsley
salt, pepper, unrefined sugar
So here goes:
Fry bacon
Fry thinly sliced onions in fat from bacon until golden
Fry thinly sliced apples (cores removed, of course) You don’t want them to get mushy.
Add salt, pepper and sugar according to individual taste.
Blend everything together, sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley.
Serve on rye.
Yum yum.
Oh my sweet lord of all things pork… I recently chucked in a bunch of thick sliced smoked bacon into homemade mac and cheese and I was in heaven… Non-Muslim heaven, obviously. I may burn in hell, but I’ll have known the perfection that is a great slice of bacon. Sigh.
Oops. Typo on my nickname. Give me a break. I saw the bacon and just lost all control.
why, why, why?
Oops! Make that three pounds of apples! Sorry!
-Unless of course you are a complete maniac for bacon.
@la Cour thank you, going apple/bacon shopping for certain this week!
It’s a classic for Christmas dinners in Dk. Leaving it out of the menu is likely to cause outrage.
You’re all sick.
Can I substitute bacon for the apples?
That sounds awesome! Sweet, salty, and smoke go great together.
Ben: You are right, we don’t care, because bacon tastes great. And pork chops, and pork tenderloin, and ground pork, and while we’re on the subject, veal and foie gras and pretty much anything made from animals. So move along, nothing to see here.