HI! Guys welcome back to London today I'am going to make a British breakfast classic
the bacon sandwich let me just turn the heat on a pan here while I explain what I'll be
doing so the classic bacon sandwich I'am going to show you how you can make the very best
bacon sandwich for yourself at home now today is Sunday so obviously yesterday was Saturday
which was the best day of the week to visit the renowned speciality food market Borough
market here in London yesterday I got all the ingredients to make a full English Breakfast
now if you'v e been watching my channel you'll have already seen that video I'll put a link
at the end for those that haven't while I was there I got some additional slices of
bacon and some fantastic sour dough white sour dough bread from the Bread Ahead bakery
and some butter from the dairy Neil's Yard Dairy famous cheese monger at Borough Market
now my first tip for making the best bacon sandwich in the world is the bacon now I got
the bacon yesterday from The Ginger Pig butchers famous butchers at Borough Market now different
countries believe it or not have different types of bacon well they don't necessarily
have different types of bacon but different cuts are more popular so here in Britain if
you order bacon in a cafe you will get this type of bacon primarily mainly which is back
bacon you see it looks more like like a chop where as in the states you would more commonly
be served streaky bacon now people argue endlessly about which is the best which is pretty pointless
because they are slightly different so that is my tip use both don't worry about which
is best use both this one you are going to get the you get a different texture here this
one the back bacon never gets quite as crispy unless here is another top tip if you want
this as crispy as streaky bacon microwave it so yeah we will get the nice crispy streaky
bacon which is lined with the fat there which gives it a slightly more intense flavour and
the slightly more subtle flavour the sweetness of the back bacon which will be slightly more
tender when it is cooked so I'am going to use a griddle pan lets put a knob of butter
in the pan and get cooking OK I'am going to put a knob of butter in this
griddle pan and I would say that will help us cook the bacon but the bacon is pretty
fatty itself and will cook just fine without it in the pan however the butter just makes
everything taste better so I'am going to melt the butter down the butter will mix with the
fat that renders out of the bacon during cooking and then once the bacon is cooked I'am then
going to toast well I say toast I'am then going to fry the slices of bread for our sandwich
in the pan and the bread will soak up the butter and fat it will taste amazing and it
will give it a sheen that only butter can give which will make the bread look amazing
OK don't try this at home kids use utensils unless you have Teflon fingers to move things
around in the pan I'am going to fry the bacon off a few minutes on each side now you can
tell we have good quality bacon here because if I tried this time lapse with cheap bacon
it would shrivel up to a fraction of the size we started with so yeah a few minutes on one
side flip and then I'll do a few minutes on the other side and then we can slice up some
bread and get that in the pan the smell of this bacon cooking is incredible as you can
see the shrinkage is quite minor good quality bacon quite thickly sliced if this was cheap
packaged bacon we would have a fraction of what we started with by now we will get the
beautiful contrast in textures of the super crispy streaky bacon with the slightly tender
back bacon I'am going to make two sandwiches so four slices of this sour dough and then
rather than toasting it in a toaster or under the grill I'am going to put it in the pan
so it can suck up all of the remaining butter and juices from the bacon OK I'am just going
to move the bacon to one side and make room for the bread and then toast the bread until
it is golden brown on both sides in what is left of the butter and the juice from the
bacon (sizzling)
OK they look amazing we've got the back bacon and the streaky bacon now top that off with
a secret ingredient the sauce made of secret ingredients Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce if your not from Britain and You've not tried this it just makes everything taste
better a little dash of that the only way the best way I could describe it is it is
kind of a mix imagine mixing say soy sauce and Asian fish sauce that is about the closest
thing I could imagine to replace it it is a pretty unique taste Heinz tomato ketchup
HP sauce HP sauce again kind of a British classic but probably not available all over
the world what would be the closest equivalent kind of like maybe barbecue sauce but slightly
more fruity less smokey I'am going to have one of these sandwiches with generous supply
of HP and one of them with Heinz tomato ketchup OK beautiful lets put them on top now I should
not need any additional butter on this bread because the bread has soaked up hopefully
soaked up all of the juices from the bacon some of the fat that has rendered out of the
bacon and the butter that it was cooking in so there we go amazing bacon sandwiches for
breakfast beautiful right lets give them a whirl OK breakfast is served my bacon sandwiches
toasted sour dough bread back bacon streaky bacon both with a touch of Worcestershire
sauce one with tomato ketchup and the other one with HP sauce I'am looking forward to
these OK cup of coffee to go with this the easiest way to make fresh coffee at home is
with one of these a cafetiere or French press as well they come with a little spoon yesterday
at Borough Market I went to Monmouth coffee and got some coffee beans you just put once
you have ground the beans or you can get the beans already ground but it is best to grind
them freshly one heaped tea spoon of that per cup then it is just a matter of adding
water boiled some water in the kettle there there we go and to make the coffee lid on
the filter is in there and you just press that will stop the coffee grounds coming into
your cup and should help infuse the water with the coffee once it has got all the way
down to the bottom its ready to drink I'am pushing as hard as I can done OK fresh cup
of coffee delicious OK lets try these bacon sandwiches each one is sour dough toasted
sour dough bread that has been toasted in the fat and butter that the bacon was cooking
in each sandwich has a slice of back bacon and a slice of streaky bacon one has tomato
ketchup and one with HP fruity HP sauce so lets tuck in that is incredible you've got
a mix of textures so the succulent back bacon and then the more crispy streaky bacon and
the sweetness of the back bacon and then the smokiness and the crunch of the streaky so
yeah that is my top tip delicious bread as well soaked up a lot of the cooking fat so
yeah my top tip use both back bacon and streaky bacon you'll get the perfect sandwich lets
try the HP version (chewing)
that is incredible you could even combine the two sauces in one sandwich it would be
a surprise with every bite OK I'am going to tuck into these they are amazing enjoy my
coffee thanks for watching I hope you found this helpful and so until next time Toodles!