# Bacon jam jalapeño smash burger

- Cuisine: German
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 lb bacon
- 1 white onion
- 2 shots espresso
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 0.25 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- salt
- pepper
- 4 oz beef balls
- jalape os
- Texas Jalape o Salt
- havarti cheese
- pretzel buns
- whipped cream cheese

## Instructions

1. Cook some diced bacon over medium-high heat, stirring everything constantly to ensure even cooking and full fat rendering.
2. Remove the cooked bacon, let it drain, then get rid of the grease from the pan, leaving the drippings and bits of bacon.
3. Add white onion to the pan and sauté for about 3 minutes.
4. Add black coffee (espresso), apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, and fresh raspberries to the onions and stir.
5. Add salt and pepper, then return the cooked bacon to the pan.
6. Stir everything together, drop the heat to medium-low, and let it simmer for 45-50 minutes until the bacon jam thickens.
7. Heat a skillet or griddle over medium-high heat, then place the ground beef balls.
8. Place thinly sliced jalapeños on top of the patties before smashing them down.
9. Season the smashed patties with Texas Jalape
 o Salt.
10. Carefully scrape up the edges and flip the burgers.
11. Add Havarti cheese on top of the burgers and let it melt for 30 seconds.
12. Take a pretzel bun, spread a generous amount of whipped cream cheese on the bottom bun.
13. Place two jalape
 o patties on top of the cream cheese.
14. Spread a good amount of bacon jam onto the top bun.
15. Place the top bun with bacon jam on the burger.

## Equipment

- skillet
- spatula
- burger press
- griddle

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6bHDFcM/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4039080a-7408-458f-9fa2-b35976eeb82f
- Extracted: 2025-08-26

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