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Oven baked bacon with peppers

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
• 2 red peppers, cored, deseeded and cut into quarters
• 2 green peppers, cored, deseeded and cut into quarters
• 2 onions, cut into wedges
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper 60ml (4 tbsp) dry cider
• 3 tomatoes, deseeded and roughly chopped 60ml (4 tbsp)
• fresh chopped coriander
• 100g (4 oz) long grain rice 225
• (8 oz) Danepak bacon, de-rinded and cut into large pieces

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F, gas mark 6).
• Place the olive oil, peppers and onions in a shallow roasting tin.
• Stir until well coated and bake for 40 minutes, stirring once during cooking.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the garlic, cider, tomatoes and coriander and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile cook the rice in a large pan of boiling water for about 15-20 minutes, turning occasionally until crisp.
• Preheat the grill, lay the bacon on a grill rack and cook for 5 minutes, turning occasionally until crisp.
• Stir the pepper mixture into the rice and divide between serving places. Top with bacon, sprinkle with chopped herbs.

 

Bacon and Pineapple Stirfry

serves: 4
cooking time: approximately 10 minutes
per portion: 400 calories

Ingredients

• 350g (12 oz)unsmoked Danepak bacon, de-rinded, trimmed and cut into 2.5cm
• (1") pieces
• 1 x 5ml (1 tsp) oil
• 1 carrot
• 1 green pepper, seeded and cut into strips
• 100g (4oz) beansprouts
• 227g (7oz) can pineapple pieces in natural juices, juice reserved Sauce
• 1 x 15ml sp (1 tbsp) tomato ketchup
• 1 x 5ml sp (1 tsp) malt vinegar
• 1 x 5ml sp (1 tsp) clear honey
• 2 x 5ml sp (1 tsp) cornflour

Method

• in a wok or large frying pan, heat the oil
• add the bacon and cook for 3-4 mins
• drain off any excess liquid
• add carrot and pepper and cook for 2 mins
• add beansprouts and pineapple pieces
• mix together reserved pineapple juice with the sauce ingredients and pour into the wok
• stirfry for 2-3 minutes until the ingredients are coated in the sauce

Serving Suggestion

Serve with brown rice or noodles

 

Creamy bacon avocados

serves 4
cooking time - approximately 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 10 rashers smoked, Danepak Bacon, de-rinded
• 2x15ml (2 tbsp) soured cream
• 175g (6 oz) soft herb cheese, such as Boursin
• 1x15ml (2 tbsp) chopped fresh chives
• 2 large ripe avocados

Method

• Grill bacon for 4 minutes on each side.
• Leave to cool, then chop.
• Beat cream into cheese then stir in most of bacon and chives.
• Halve and stone avocados.
• Spoon in filling and sprinkle with rest of the bacon and chives.

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