This Valentine’s Day, leave the cheap chocolates and grocery store roses behind and present your loved one with a gift that packs a serious porky punch– smoked candied bacon roses!
Covered in a light layer of caramelized agave sweetener and brown sugar then smoked low-and-slow on the grill, this edible arrangement that I created for Kingsford.com will make this Valentine’s Day gift an instant hit!
SMOKED CANDIED BACON ROSES
Ingredients
1lb. thick cut bacon
2-3 tbsp. agave sweetener
¼ cup brown sugar
Additional tools
Wooden toothpicks
Pastry brush
1-2 bunches of fake flowers (available at most craft and dollar stores)
Instructions
Preheat charcoal briquets in a charcoal chimney. Once the briquets are ashed over, place them on one side of the grill’s bottom grate to create a 2-zone cooking surface with one hot side and one cool side. Replace the top cooking grate, cover the grill, and adjust the bottom grill vents to bring it to approximately 300 degrees.
Lay bacon slices on a parchment covered baking sheet pan and brush the topside of the slices with agave sweetener.
