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Article: BACON IMPROVEMENT - A SIMPLE GLAZE OF BROWN SUGAR AND ORANGE JUICE CAN TAKE THIS BREAKFAST FAVORITE TO SUBLIME HEIGHTS.
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2007
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BOSTON UNCOMMON / COOKING
Bacon may just be as good as it gets. It's rich, meaty, fatty,
smoky, and faintly sweet - in short, right on the doorstep of
decadence. With a profile like that, is there room for improvement?
Surprisingly, yes. All it takes is a bit of brown sugar, a few drops
of orange juice, and a turn in the oven. This magical combination
yields lacquered bacon, a.k.a. glazed or candied or sugared bacon, an
unexpected case of gilding the lily. This simple glaze gives bacon a
luxurious, irresistible sheen. And it treats the taste buds to new
dimensions of flavor while accentuating the qualities that are
already there, elevating bacon from decadent to sublime.
Better yet, you can ...