Best Smokey Tomato And Bacon Spread Recipes

TOMATO AND BACON JAM

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels. Crumble bacon when cool.
• Stir tomatoes, sweet onion, sugar, apple cider vinegar, salt, black pepper, and hot sauce together in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar. Stir in crumbled bacon and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the spread is very thick, about 1 hour. Adjust salt and black pepper.
• Cool and spoon into a 1-pint glass jar with a lid; keeps refrigerated for 1 week or frozen for 2 months. If freezing, put spread into small jars and let jars thaw in refrigerator overnight before using.

SMOKY TOMATO CARBONARA

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook according to package directions until al dente.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine eggs and egg yolks, cheese, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and whisk well.
• Heat a large skillet over medium. Add bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to crisp, about 5 minutes. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons bacon grease (reserve any extra for another use). Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, until sizzling and starting to brown, about 1 minute. Add cherry tomatoes and cook, scraping up any browned bits, until softened and juices start to release, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
• Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup pasta water. Return pasta to pot (off the heat) and add the bacon-tomato mixture. (If necessary, use 2 tablespoons of pasta water to stir up any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet.)
• While whisking constantly, slowly drizzle 1/2 cup of the hot pasta water into the beaten egg mixture until well blended. Slowly drizzle the tempered egg mixture into the pasta, tossing the pasta constantly and vigorously, until well incorporated and saucy. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle in more pasta water if a thinner consistency is desired.
• Serve in bowls with more cheese and black pepper.

SUPER SMOKY BACON & TOMATO SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the spaghetti following pack instructions. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and cook the bacon for 3-4 mins until just starting to crisp. Stir in the onion and cook for another 3-4 mins, then add the garlic and smoked paprika, and cook for 1 min more.
• Pour in the chopped tomatoes, bring to the boil and bubble for about 5 mins until thickened, stirring every so often to stop it catching on the bottom. Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce. Serve with Parmesan, if you like.

BACON AND TOMATO SPREAD

Steps:

• Blend cream cheese with mayonnaise until smooth.
• Add garlic salt and tomato.
• Cook bacon until crispy; drain and crumble.
• Add bacon to cream cheese mixture when ready to serve.
• Serve as spread with party rye rounds or as a dip.
• Thin with a little milk if necessary.

SMOKED TOMATO AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Toss Tomatoes, Onion, Garlic Cloves and fresh Thyme together with the Olive Oil and season with a touch of Salt and Pepper.
• Place in a shallow roasting pan and roast in oven for about 20 minutes.
• After add the tomato paste, stir well and return to the oven for another 10 minutes.
• Remove the ingredients from the roasting pan and scrape into a medium size stock pot.
• Add Tomato Juice and Chicken/Vegetable stock and simmer soup mix for about 20 minutes on low heat, (if soup looks like it's becoming too thick add a bit of water).
• Puree everything with a until smooth and strain through a semi-fine strainer.
• Pour mixture back into stock pot and return to heat.
• Bring soup to a light simmer and add Sugar, Cream, and Liquid Smoke.
• Season to taste with some Salt and Pepper.
• Place bacon in bottom of bowls and pour soup on top to serve.