(From the NY Times)

I love Wednesday.  I know it’s hump day but it’s so easy to get over the “hump” when all of the newspapers have their food sections!  Out of habit I always check the NY Times Dining Section first.  I love my weekly dose of Bittman.  I enjoy a scathing review by Bruni.  And I generally like knowing what’s happening on the NYC restaurant scene.

When I came across this article and recipe AND video I knew that it was worth sharing.  The article explores the phenomenon behind The Bacon Explosion aka “the BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes.”  Brilliant.  It’s essentially 4 lbs of pork consisting of 2 lbs of bacon and 2 lbs of sausage.  The bacon is woven throughout the sausage.  How INTENSE is that?

I can’t really do this recipe justice so just go ahead and read the article.  Apparently the recipe has been featured on over 16,000 websites.  I guess add me to the list.

While I love pork I can’t say that I’ll be making this anytime soon.  It’s one of those things that I just want a bite of.  I want to go to someone’s house where they are serving this and just have a nibble.  I couldn’t imagine having this as a meal.

Clearly this is not vegetarian friendly!

Here’s what others have to say about this…
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Bacon Explosion

Adapted from Jason Day and Aaron Chronister

Time: About 3 hours

2 pounds thick-cut sliced bacon

1 1/2 pounds Italian sausage, casings removed

3 tablespoons barbecue rub

3/4 cup barbecue sauce.

1. Using 10 slices of bacon, weave a square lattice like that on top of a pie: first, place 5 bacon slices side by side on a large sheet of aluminum foil, parallel to one another, sides touching. Place another strip of bacon on one end, perpendicular to the other strips. Fold first, third and fifth bacon strips back over this new strip, then place another strip next to it, parallel to it. Unfold first, third and fifth strips; fold back second and fourth strips. Repeat with remaining bacon until all 10 strips are tightly woven.

2. Preheat oven to 225 degrees or light a fire in an outdoor smoker. Place remaining bacon in a frying pan and cook until crisp. As it cooks, sprinkle bacon weave with 1 tablespoon barbecue rub. Evenly spread sausage on top of bacon lattice, pressing to outer edges.

3. Crumble fried bacon into bite-size pieces. Sprinkle on top of sausage. Drizzle with 1/2 cup barbecue sauce and sprinkle with another tablespoon barbecue rub.

4. Very carefully separate front edge of sausage layer from bacon weave and begin rolling sausage away from you. Bacon weave should stay where it was, flat. Press sausage roll to remove any air pockets and pinch together seams and ends.

5. Roll sausage toward you, this time with bacon weave, until it is completely wrapped. Turn it so seam faces down. Roll should be about 2 to 3 inches thick. Sprinkle with remaining barbecue rub.

6. Place roll on a baking sheet in oven or in smoker. Cook until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees on a meat thermometer, about 1 hour for each inch of thickness. When done, glaze roll with more sauce. To serve, slice into 1/4-

to- 1/2-inch rounds.

Yield: 10 or more servings.

(From the NY Times)

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One Response to Yummy Things on the Web – The Bacon Explosion

  1. Ken says:

    I haven’t made a “fatty” yet, but I think that’ll be my first. However, I’m going to include cheese in the middle. Hey, if I’m going to die from what I eat, it might as well have bacon and cheese in it.

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