If foods were granted awards, bacon wouldn’t rank high for healthiness but it might win first prize in the food addition category.
Bacon simultaneously appeals to all three flavors many people crave …. sugar, salt & fat. Its the perfect combination that goes to the brain which says, take another bite. Even the distinctive scent of bacon is unique.
Flavor variations of bacon include peppered bacon, Applewood, chicory, maple and wood smoke options, which are derived from woods that impart their own unique flavor notes. It all becomes very, very complex. This ‘salty-sweet-fat’ combination has been used to enhance any food group from breakfast to dessert nowadays.
This recipe combines bacon with potatoes and cheese to make an ultimate comfort food meal.
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- 907 gm (2 lbs) potatoes, peeled & cooked
- 3/4 cup (minus 1 Tbsp) flour
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 100 gm Parmesan, grated
- salt & pepper to taste
- 12 slices lean bacon
- 210 gm Swiss cheese, cubed
Ingredients
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- In a large pot, cook potatoes & mash. Add flour, egg, butter & Parmesan. Season with salt & pepper.
- Line a 10-inch ring mold pan with half of the bacon so that the slices overlap & cover the inner & outer walls of the pan.
- Distribute about 2/3 of the potato mixture evenly over the bacon. Use a spoon to create a 'tunnel' in the potato all the way around the pan.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Place the cubes of Swiss cheese in the tunnel then add the rest of the potato mixture on top, smoothing it flat.
- Add another layer of bacon on top & bake for about 50 minutes. Flip out of ring pan & bake another 40 minutes or until bacon is browned.