So you’ve caught me. There might be a bit of a pear theme going on here. But I have always been a fan of the savory and I do require something “salty” to counteract the sweets. Or should I say savage to the sweets? I mean really. They’re pears. Wrapped in bacon. How much more savage can you get? (In a good way of course!) This is not in any recipe books, this is just something I picked up along the years and enjoy playing around with. So since we already learned how to poach pears in the last post, this should be a relatively easy one!
You will need:
- Poached Pears
- Bacon of your choosing
- A muffin tin, mini muffin tins work especially well for this
- Toothpicks
Preheat oven to 425 F.
After you’ve poached some more pears and let them sit overnight, cut them into ~1 inch cubelike shapes. They’re pears, so obviously they’re not going to be perfect cubes. But c’mon. They’re wrapped in bacon. Who cares?
I personally like to carmelize the bacon a bit, by coating the bacon strips in a this layer of brown sugar. This is optional and will depend on your bacon, because this can be overbearingly sweet. I like nice big thick slabs of bacon though. For each cube of pear, you will need half a strip of bacon.
Wrap the pear in the bacon, then stab through with a toothpick to secure the bacon to the fruit. Lay the toothpick across the muffin cup.
Bake at 425 F until the bacon is cooked through. Usually 10-15 minutes, depending on your oven.
Voila, you now have bacon awesomeness:
