Bacon Wrapped Bacon | v0.1

N.I. Score: 6.5-6.7
Bacon.  One of the few universal modifiers.  Bacon wrapped filet mignon, bacon mac and cheese, bacon salted caramel chocolate, bacon and eggs, baconnaise.  It can be used in many dishes to add texture and flavor, positively when applied in the right form/amount.

Observation & Hypothesis
If bacon wrapped beef and bacon wrapped sausages work, a thin-sliced bacon wrapped around a thick-sliced bacon could work as well.
Contrast is essential for this dish; otherwise it's just two pieces of bacon.

Ingredients & Method

• Grocery-brand Center Cut Bacon [Thin-sliced]
• Dry Rub Maple Smoked Bacon [Thick-sliced]
• Light brown sugar
• Greens [For garnish purposes only]

The main objective of this dish is to create a contrast of textures.  The thin-sliced bacon is pan-fried while the thick slice bacon is baked.  The great thing about making this dish is that while waiting for the bacon to bake, you can fry up a couple thin slices and eat while you cook.

1. Oven is preheated to 275 F with a pan of water at the bottom for moisture.
2. Thick-sliced bacon is placed on a rack above a pan to let excess fat drip down.
3. Let bacon bake for 20 min, then use tongs to flip over.
4. At this point, start up a frying pan on medium to cook thin-sliced bacon in parallel.
5. Once the frying pan reaches temperature, start dropping bacon in and flipping every 2-3 minutes till crisp.
6. Add 1 tsp of brown sugar when the grease starts coming out.
7. At the 40th minute mark, both types of bacon should be done.
8. You probably want to blot the bacon with a paper towel to take off the excess grease if you want to live longer.
9. Wrap the thin-sliced bacon over the thick-sliced.
10. Place as much greens as you want for garnish, though I would not recommend eating them unless you like plain veggies.

Results & Next Steps
The thick-sliced bacon wasn't crisp, but wasn't tender enough either.

• Will test 250F with an extra 4 minutes.

The thick-sliced bacon was good and was carrying the dish.

• Will keep the maple-flavored bacon.
• Will try another brand of thin-sliced bacon.

The sugar-flavored thin-sliced bacon wasn't adding much to the maple flavor.

• Will try without sugar and pepper on the side.

Temperature of the bacon dropped rapidly after removal from pan/oven and made the dish taste worse.

• Will try smaller servings/ways to keep bacon warm.