3-ingredient bacon jam

By á-14014

Ingredients

• makes about 1 cup
• 5-6 pieces of bacon, chopped into small pieces (preferably from pasture-raised pork)
• 1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped
• 10 pitted dates (I get mine from Nuts.com)
• 1 cup water

Details

Adapted from realfoodliz.com

Preparation

Step 1

Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan. Once boiling, add the dates, remove saucepan from heat, cover, and allow dates to soak in the hot water until you get to step 4.

Cook chopped bacon in a skillet over medium heat until done but NOT CRISPY. Set aside, leaving bacon grease in the pan.

Cook onions in the bacon grease for approximately 10 minutes (they should be slighly brown but not burnt). When cooked, scoop the onions out and add them to the bacon.

Now, mash the dates with a fork in the saucepan. (Don't pour out the water!)
When dates are mashed, add the bacon and onions to the date-water mixture.

Bring the mixture to a simmer and "reduce" (aka keep simmering until the water cooks away) for about 10-15 minutes. Mixture should get gooey!

Remove from heat and allow to cool. Then, add mixture to a food processor and pulse several times.