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Bacon Jam

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound Bacon, diced
  • 2 ½ cups Yellow Onion, diced
  • cup Jalapeno, diced about 2 jalapenos
  • 2/3 cup Honeycrisp Apple, diced about 1 whole apple, can substitute for other apple variety
  • 1 ½ cup Fresh Brewed Coffee
  • ½ cup Maple Syrup
  • ¼ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Chipotle Chile Powder

Instructions
 

  • Dice the bacon into small pieces. Add to pan and cook over medium heat.
  • Once bacon is crisp and brown, remove from pan. Reserve one tablespoon of grease in the pan.
  • Add the onions, apples, jalapenos, and garlic to pan and cook until onions are tender. Making sure to scrape up any brown bits, left by the bacon, as you stir.
  • Add the bacon back to the pan with the veggies.
  • Add coffee, maple syrup, vinegar, and chipotle powder to pan and stir to combine.
  • Cook over low heat for about 2 hours. If the jam seems too dry before the end of the cooking time, add more coffee or water, 1/4 cup at a time.
  • Once jam has thickened, remove from heat. Add 2/3 of the jam to a food processor and pulse a few times. Alternatively, use an immersion blender to roughly puree part of the jam. Mix back together with the other 1/3 of the remaining mixture and stir to combine.
  • Transfer to a jar with a lid. Store in fridge.