Tomato and Bacon Jam

This was given to my mom by her best friend who is a southern girl at heart. It is a sweet and savory flavor that you never forget. Try it with a grilled cheese or on scrambled eggs...you can put it on anything!

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 141 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 dash hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®) (Optional)
• ½ pound smoked bacon
• 2 pounds ripe tomatoes, chopped
• 1 yellow sweet onion, finely diced
• 2 ½ tablespoons apple cider vinegar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels. Crumble bacon when cool.

Step 2

Stir tomatoes, sweet onion, sugar, apple cider vinegar, salt, black pepper, and hot sauce together in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar. Stir in crumbled bacon and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the spread is very thick, about 1 hour. Adjust salt and black pepper.

Step 3

Cool and spoon into a 1-pint glass jar with a lid; keeps refrigerated for 1 week or frozen for 2 months. If freezing, put spread into small jars and let jars thaw in refrigerator overnight before using.