Bacon baskets- Is DON Is Good

7 December 2009, 00:38

Sponsored by Nuffnang


A basket made of bacon. MADE OF BACON! And filled with DON meats. How could you NOT want it? It’s a carnivores dream!


Thanks to the people at Nuffnang and DON meat we are running a competition: “The DON’s ultimate gourmet creation”. All you have to do is purchase some DONs meat from your local supermarket and create “the ultimate DON gourmet creation.” The five most creative entries will receive a dining voucher to a top restaurant in your home town. These winners will be judged by DON from the entries received across all blogs involved in the competition. This competition is only open to Australian residents and will run until 9am on Monday 21 December with the winners announced on 23 December. You can enter here.


So. Here’s my step to step guide on my bacon basket which was inspired by not martha. First I covered a metal bowl in foil. I resisted the urge to put it on my head and pretend the foil hat will shield my brain from aliens reading my mind.


Then to make a bacon mat. Since I was using bacon rashers I cut some bits off to make into strips. Bacon shrinks so be sure to make a bigger mat than necessary to cover the bowl.


Carefully place bacon mat over bowl and secure with toothpicks. I put him in the oven for 40mins on 160C and my god the smell of bacon for 40mins will drive you crazy


Mmm crispy… Do not attempt to pull off bacon basket straight away! Let him cool down unless you want to burn yourself.


A little holey because my weaving skillz aren’t pro but that’s ok cos I won’t be filling with liquid or anything that can seep thru. Also I kept cooking until the bacon went crispy because a soggy bacon basket is sad and not so tasty.


First add some greenery. i chose rocket. I love rocket. Trust me you will need some green-y goodness.


And then fill with your fav Dons meats! I used slices of pepperoni salami, shaved english leg ham, cheese kranskys (zomg these were awesome!) and diced strasberg. Grate some cheese and you’re set!


This basket of meaty goodness will make you the star of the party! Think you have what it takes? C’mon bloggers get cracking and make your ultimate Dons gourmet creation and enter here!

The opinions, comments and recipes in this blog are the bloggers own and have not been supplied by Don Smallgoods

 

 

  1. N I C E ! For a healthier choice you way wanna try nukin’ the bacon basket for 4-5 minutes on high (minus the foil obviously) and cover it with a few sheets of paper towels. Too bad there ain’t any Don stuff here :(

    — Sidney    Dec 7, 02:42 AM    #

  2. I’m thinking a poached egg in your bacon shell with shaving of parmesan cheese and chives on top would go down really well :-)

    — Simon Food Favourites    Dec 7, 09:36 AM    #

  3. Mmm, can you ever have too much bacon? I love the idea – eat the filling then the receptacle!

    — Forager    Dec 7, 01:14 PM    #

  4. Ooooh, that IS very creative. Looks delicious too…and undoubtedly smells awesome!

    — AY    Dec 7, 01:45 PM    #

  5. You crazy genius – I love it!

    — Rose    Dec 7, 03:49 PM    #

  6. You’ve done it again Suze. Looks delicious and crazy at the same time!

    — Zina @ tastedbytwo    Dec 7, 04:04 PM    #

  7. Oh my! That looks so sinful! xD

    — AngMoGirl    Dec 7, 04:18 PM    #

  8. Awesome bacon basket! After tasting your chocolate basket yesterday, I am now gawking at an even better basket made of bacons!

    — Ellie    Dec 7, 04:49 PM    #

  9. A bowl that you can eat, and enjoy AND it’s bacon!

    No more wasting time doing the dishes! :)

    Is Bacon. Is Good.

    — Simon    Dec 7, 05:45 PM    #

  10. I like Simon Food Favourite’s idea – a great way to serve bacon & eggs! and maybe some wilted spinach on the side?

    — divemummy    Dec 7, 07:45 PM    #

  11. You disgust me. In a wonderful, awe-inspiring way.

    — The Ninja    Dec 7, 09:33 PM    #

  12. In a perfect world all the cutlery and utensils would be edible mmmmm and you dont make friends with greenery :P

    — FFichiban    Dec 7, 09:54 PM    #

  13. This is awesome!! and yes, bacon makes everything better too!

    — Yas @ hungry.digital.elf    Dec 7, 10:04 PM    #

  14. Wow that is some meal. A bacon bowl. Now why did you have to ruin it with some rocket. ahahahah

    — Katherine    Dec 7, 11:12 PM    #

  15. You are mad. A bowl made out of bacon? You totally should’ve made two. lol

    — Helen (grabyourfork)    Dec 8, 09:31 AM    #

  16. I love bacon! What a great idea to have a bowl made out of bacon – so this is one meal where you eat the bowl too! Love it!

    — Trissa    Dec 8, 07:40 PM    #

  17. Wow, so cool! Reminds me of those edible hot chips cups made of potatoes in my uni days all those centuries ago. :-)

    — joey@FoodiePop    Dec 8, 10:52 PM    #

  18. Magnificent! You are surely going to be one of the 5 most creative! I love it!!!

    — Brenda    Dec 10, 05:22 PM    #

  19. sidney: healthy?? hahaha er but i put green stuff in the basket surely thats healthy enough! :P
    simon food favourites: mmm i thought about that too but there were holes in the basket so maybe next time hehe
    forager: no such thing as too much bacon right :D
    ay: i looove the smell of bacon! how good is it!
    rose: hehe thanks!
    zina: i cant believe its not butter! no wait.. hehe
    angmogirl: ah sinfully good :D
    ellie: aw shucks :)
    simon: hehe yeah i hate the washing up!
    divemummy: mmm maybe mini bacon cups with the poached egg?
    the ninja: thanks! hehe high praise!
    ffichiban: cant make friends with salad hehe
    yas: totally! love bacon!
    katherine: LOL! trust me you need it! it gets a bit too salty halfway thru! or maybe i shouldnt have eaten it by myself…
    helen: LOL! one for you eh?
    trissa: should made bacon fork too hey!
    joey: a cup made of potato? zomg how awesome!
    brenda: haha i cant enter the comp cos im being sponsored to write this post

    — chocolatesuze    Dec 17, 10:47 AM    #

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