The Best Bacon Sarnie

Total Time: 12 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 6 -8 slices bacon (thick-cut for a meatier sarnie)
• light olive oil
• 4 slices of fresh cut bread, thick slices (the fresher the better)
• tomato ketchup (your choice) or brown sauce (your choice)

Recipe

• 1 to get a really crisp edge, snip a few small cuts in the fat around each bacon rasher. this will also stop it from curling up too much when cooking.
• 2 it's best to buy dry-cure bacon if you can, as less water is released when frying, ensuring really crisp fat (the best bit) and a better flavour.
• 3 place a large frying pan over a medium heat and add a trickle of oil.
• 4 lay the bacon in the pan and cook for about 3-4 minutes on each side or until it's as crispy as you prefer. remove the bacon and divide between 2 slices of bread. spread either tomato ketchup or brown sauce on to the remaining 2 slices and place sauce-side down in the pan.
• 5 leave for about a minute to absorb all the juices in the pan, also warming (but not toasting) the bread.
• 6 the other 2 pieces will be warmed through by the hot bacon on top, with any bacon fat seeping through the bread. assemble the sandwiches and eat straight away.