The Bride of Bacon Explosion
Some of you might remember a few weeks ago when I wrote about making the bacon explosion. I tried a variant on it last night, in hopes of making something that was tasty but would only kill us slowly.
1 12-oz package of applewood bacon from Trader Joe’s
1 1-pound-ish pork loin
about 8 garlic cloves, sliced paper-thin
about 1/4 a bottle of Mo's Philthy Phil's barbeque sauce
about a tablespoon of a commercial Creole blend (can't remember what kind, it's in a green paper "can")
Weave bacon mat, sprinkle with Creole seasoning and garlic chips. Drizzle with bbq sauce. Place pork loin at edge of mat, and roll up. Sprinkle with more Creole seasoning and drizzzelw ith more bbq sauce. Place on pan, and bake at 400F for about 45 minutes or until an insta-read thermometer pushed into the end reaches no less than 145F, preferably 165F.
I think the pan may be unsalvageable. The lumps of cooked bacon grease and bbq sauce are impressive. Next time, I might place the log on a rack over the pan, as the bottom was not as crispy as I'd like. It was pretty good while warm, we'll see what it's like as leftovers.
eta: sorry, didn't mean to make you run through a lot of links. Here's the original bacon explosion page.