Name: Bacon butties on white bread with homemade HP
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 500 gm green bacon, cut into rashers; 2 small loaves of soft white bread, thickly sliced, or 8 small soft white rolls; For spreading: softened butter; HP sauce; 2 tbsp olive oil; ½ onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 200 ml apple cider vinegar; 180 ml (¾ cup) tomato sauce; 150 gm brown sugar, plus extra to taste; 125 ml (½ cup) apple juice; 125 ml (½ cup) malt vinegar; 2 tbsp blackstrap molasses (see note); 1 tsp black peppercorns, coarsely ground; ½ tsp ground cloves; ½ tsp ground cardamom; Pinch ground cinnamon

Bacon butties on white bread with homemade HP

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for bacon butties on white bread with homemade HP.

Serves 8

Prep

40M

Cook

1H 20M

Total

If they’re good enough to be served as late-night snacks at Kate and William’s wedding, they’re good enough for us.

Ingredients

500 gm green bacon, cut into rashers

2 small loaves of soft white bread, thickly sliced, or 8 small soft white rolls

For spreading: softened butter

HP sauce

2 tbsp olive oil

½ onion, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

200 ml apple cider vinegar

180 ml (¾ cup) tomato sauce

150 gm brown sugar, plus extra to taste

125 ml (½ cup) apple juice

125 ml (½ cup) malt vinegar

2 tbsp blackstrap molasses (see note)

1 tsp black peppercorns, coarsely ground

½ tsp ground cloves

½ tsp ground cardamom

Pinch ground cinnamon

Method

Main

1.For HP sauce, heat oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat, add onion and garlic and stir occasionally until tender (7-8 minutes). Add remaining ingredients and simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced to a thick sauce consistency (45-50 minutes). Season to taste, adding a little extra vinegar or sugar to taste, and set aside to cool. Pour into a sterilised jar or container. Makes about 500ml. HP will keep refrigerated for a month.

2.Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Add bacon rashers in batches and cook, turning once, until golden (3-4 minutes). Set aside and keep warm. Add bread slices to pan in batches and cook, turning once, until just golden (1-2 minutes). Spread with butter, top half the slices with bacon, drizzle with HP sauce, sandwich with remaining bread and serve warm.

Blackstrap molasses is available from select health-food shops.
This recipe is from the June 2012 issue of
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Drink Suggestion: A nice cup of tea. Drink suggestion by Max Allen
Notes