Bacon Butter

I have gone through a few recipes (of my own) for bacon truffles and I am still unsatisfied. I just can't seem to get something right. Yes, they taste great, but to me something is still off. I can't decide if I like whole bacon pieces in the truffles or not. So in an attempt to eliminate the bacon pieces, but keep the bacon flavor I decided to try making bacon powder.

I cooked the bacon as well as I could without it burning. It is quite an art that has taken me some time to learn. I must admit though, I am the best now when it comes to cooking crisp (not burnt) bacon. Then I crunched the bacon into little pieces and put it into a coffee grinder. This worked at first, but because of the grease in the bacon it started to stick together and wouldn't grind anymore. So I added some corn starch as a sort of binding agent that would also dry out the bacon. This worked at first, but after a while the bacon grease overpowered the corn starch, thus making it wet and sticky again.

After a few different attempts at bacon powder, I finally realized that it was not going to work. What I had created though, was a lovely bacon butter. It resembles a chunky looking peanut butter, but when tasted, it obviously was bacon. This bacon butter was a whole new revelation to me! It could be spread on sandwiches, used in dips, or the original reason for making it, I could use it in my bacon truffle.

So I did! It worked great, but you still get the little tiny pieces of bacon. I think I prefer that to having whole chunks of bacon in the truffle though. So I present to you my bacon truffle made from my own creation: bacon butter.