A quick and easy post about the best BLT I've ever had! When I first saw the picture of the basket weave bacon on Pinterest I thought it was a neat idea but how much difference could it really make to have it all nicely held together instead of just piling all of the bacon together on the sandwich. I didn't bother actually clicking on the Pin to see if there were any instructions on how to create this because I figured it would be simple enough to recreate on my own.
I started by taking four strips of bacon and cutting them in half to make them more manageable for weaving. I laid the first strip vertically then the next horizontally and continued this process until I had it all woven together. Uncooked, the square of bacon looked rather large and Billy kept making comments about how that was way too big and way too much bacon. I ignored him and pressed on, confident that it would all turn out well. I mean... we're talking about bacon here so how bad could it be? I put my large square of baccon in the skillet on a medium heat and put my awesome bacon press (previously heated on the stove) on top to mash the bacon down and cook the top. If you are unfamiliar with a bacon press, I suggest you google and then purchase one, we have two in our house.
I let it cook for a few minutes and was greeted with this tasty sight when I pulled it off and put it on the paper towels to drain the grease a bit.
I toasted up my bread, spread a little olive oil mayo on both slices, sprinkled with pepper and salt, added baby spinach and tomatoes then capped it off with the basket weave bacon and enjoyed what is definitely the best BLT I've ever had in my life. The joy of finding a perfect ration of bacon in every bite of sandwich is hard to convey but let me just say that I was completely fulfulliled and didn't have to experience the major let down of taking that standard bite and finding only bread and maybe some lettuce and tomatoe.
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