Bacon Bowl Salad (Pron Heavy)

[Fatback Joe]

Not something we generally see on the forum, but since there is currently a salad "throwdown" going on so I thought I would give it a whirl and have a little fun with things by making the bowl the star of the show.

Had part of a slab of home cured bacon around.



Ran it through the slicer then made the weave



I put the weave on top of a bowl



and put that on a rack for grease containment and ease of transport and into the smoker at 250.



While that was doing its thing, I had some duck confit that had been kicking around since Thanksgiving so pull the last two out from the fat.



Into the hot cast iron to crisp the skin and get things up to temp.



Pulled the meat



Got skin around



Had a little bit of homemade bread hanging around, so that became the crouton candidate.



Cubed, hit it with EVOO and some italian herbs.



Retrieved the bowl and let it cool for a bit to help hold the shape.



Remembered that I had a cured egg yolk around so pulled that out as well.



Bacon bowl was ready to go so.......lettuce, pulled duck, croutons, goat cheese into the pool........crumbled the crispy duck skin on top and grated about 1/2 of the egg yolk on top.

Wound up with this.....



The croutons looked huge, but will have to take the hit on presentation. I was done farking with this thing.



Didn't need any dressing IMO, I had not tried anything with the duck and cured egg yolk combo previously, but it seemed like something to explore.

Anyhow, sorry for the long post and thanks for looking.

 

[SeanBBQ]

Yes. I will be doing this at some point in my life. Until that time, i pray I am not wiped from this earth until this ^ has been put in my face.

 

[MisterChrister]

Holy schmoly, that looks FARKTASTIC! Cured egg? Do tell!

 

[Norm]

Wow you really nailed that one, looks sooo good!

 

[Fatback Joe]

Holy schmoly, that looks FARKTASTIC! Cured egg? Do tell!

Cured egg yolk. Put some kosher/sea salt in a container and make an indention big enough to hold the yolk (I use the egg shell to make an indention). Separate the yolk from the white, put the yolk in the indention and cover with salt. Put in the fridge for 7 days. After the 7 days are up, remove the yolk and brush off any excess salt. Wrap it in a cheese cloth and hang it in the fridge for 7 more days. After that you are ready to use it. It grates really well and is good on top of pasta, salad, etc. I have not done it yet, but have been thinking it would be nice grated on top of a burger. Super easy, but as with cured things, just takes some time.

I have seen some done with less days in the salt, but 7 days is good to me. Also seen other flavors (maple, etc) added to the salt, but have not played around with that yet.

 

[mattmountz94]

That's just insane... :-D

 

[cowgirl]

Got me with the duck skin.
It all looks awesome Joe!

 

[BillN]

I know I am new here but since that is a salad should this post not go under the Staying Healthy section? That looks amazing... Thanks for sharing.... Bill

 

[tish]

I've missed the posts with shaped bacon creations. (The Bacon Bugatti comes to mind. ) The salad looks fantastic, Joe. That's one way to handle doing the dishes. :wink:

 

[JazzCat]

How in the World could you eat that??
Simply, ARTWORK destroyed!
I've seen small bacon bowls, but yours is SPECTACULAR!
BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

[Learning to BBQ]

That's my kind of 'salad'! Terrific looking bowl Joe, and very imaginative! Had never heard of cured egg yolks before either.

 

[code3rrt]

Bravo, very creative, well done!

KC

 

[cpw]

So is the consistency of the cured yolk similar to a hard boiled yolk? That's very interesting, and the whole dish looks amazing!

 

[Harbormaster]

Winner winner duck and bacon dinner!

Epic salad!

Your bacon bowl gave me an idea. I'll try to remember it and post when I give it a try.

 

[Phubar]

Damn son!:shock:

 

[Fatback Joe]

So is the consistency of the cured yolk similar to a hard boiled yolk?

No, much more firm. Well, maybe if you boiled the fark out of the yolk. :shock: It doesn't crumble at all. It grates nicely and what you don't use holds together. I'll try to remember to take a pic tonight that might help show it.

 

[c farmer]

WOW.

I need some of that.

 

[Shagdog]

You had me a duck confit in a bacon bowl... I could probably eat around the lettuce. Nice Joe!

 

[KevinJ]

Nice :thumb:

 

[Fatback Joe]

I could probably eat around the lettuce.

:icon_blush: Yeah, that is pretty much how it happened.