Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup almond meal (or ground almonds, pecans or walnuts)
- 2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 slices thick-cut or slab pepper-encrusted bacon*
- 8 ounces of a good blue cheese
Preparation:
*If pepper bacon is not available, add two tablespoons course ground black pepper to sugar mixture.
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Combine all ingredients but bacon in a wide, shallow dish. Dip and press each slice of bacon in sugar mixture on both sides. Lay bacon strips on a large, rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle additional sugar mixture over the bacon slices in the pan.
Roast the bacon until the fat begins to render, about 6 min. Rotate the pan front-to-back and continue roasting until the bacon is crisp and brown, about 8 to 10 min.
Remove, cool and break or cut bacon into bite-sized pieces. Serve warm or cold with cheese.
