bacon peanut brittle

I was inspired by this recipe from Everything Tastes Better With Bacon. I relied on elements from other recipes: the Chanterelle dessert cookbook and Alton Brown. I considered recipes from Martha Stewart and this one from before the Civil War.

 

See also: bacon ice cream, bacon baklava and french toast with bacon ice cream

and bacon and eggs ice cream.

 

I made two batches. Another, not pictured, didn't turn out well. This one looked and tasted quite good.

 

1 cup pecans, chopped

1 cup bacon bits (about 1 lb raw bacon)

2 2/3 cups sugar

2/3 cups water

2 tbl butter

1 vanilla pod

2 tsp baking soda

 

mise en place

 

1) Scrape the vanilla seeds from the pods. Steep the seeds and the pods in water. Remove the pods.

 

2) Add the sugar. Cook covered on heat. Remove immediately once the temperature reaches 300.

  

3) Mix in baking soda, butter, pecans and bacon.

 

4) Spread thinly.

 

5) Cool for at least ten minutes before breaking.

Done