# Bacon Jam - Spicy

This recipe can be as spicy or NOT SO SPICY - depends on how much chilli you put in.

- Total time: 107 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 gms bacon, good quality smoked or double smoked
- 20 gms olive oil
- 200 gms onion, cut into large chunks (I use sweet onion)
- 25 gms garlic, peeled cloves
- 230 gms Brewed coffee
- 30 gms balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 60 gms brown sugar
- 1 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 small small dried red chilli pepper (1/3 tsp chilli flakes)

## Instructions

1. Cut bacon into short pieces and add to TM bowl.
2. Place lid onto bowl with MC, then chop for 5 seconds at Speed 6.
3. Add olive oil, place lid onto bowl and place Splash Guard on lid, then cook for 5 minutes at Varoma, Speed 1.
4. When bacon is cooked, drain it using a simmering basket or other preferred method, and set aside.
5. Add onion and garlic to the bowl, chop for 5 seconds at Speed 5, then scrape down the sides of the bowl.
6. Add the drained bacon to Thermomix and sauté with the onions and garlic for 12 minutes at 90°C, REVERSE, Stir, with MC OFF.
7. Add the remaining ingredients: coffee, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, cocoa powder, and chilli.
8. Cook for 60 minutes at 100°C, REVERSE, Stir, with MC OFF, to reduce the liquid.
9. After 60 minutes, scrape food down the sides with a spatula if needed and reset the controls to continue reducing for 30 minutes at 100°C, REVERSE, Stir, with MC OFF.
10. Check the consistency and choose your preference; you can process for 2-4 seconds on speed 4 for a smoother consistency, or keep it chunkier.
11. Transfer the bacon jam to jars and store them in the fridge.

## Equipment

- Thermomix
- simmering basket
- spatula
- jars

## Tips

- When cooking bacon, drain the oil using a simmering basket and do NOT pour oil down the sink.
- For the first 30 minutes of reducing liquid, you may want to place the empty simmering basket on the lid to act as a splash guard while evaporation continues through the hole.
- Check the consistency and choose your preference; you can process for 2-4 seconds on speed 4 for smoothness, or keep it chunkier.
- Keep in mind that the sauce will solidify when cooled.

## Source

- Original video: https://thethermocouple.com.au/2023/10/bacon-jam-in-a-thermomix/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/95297311-d890-49dc-8d5b-73479490390e
- Extracted: 2025-12-23

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