Bacon

• 1 Bacon, gruyere and mushroom melt
  Dish type: Breakfast Makes 2 open sandwiches Cooking time: About 10 minutes Ingredients 4 smoked maple cured back bacon rashers 4 slices thickly cut crusty white bread 5mlsp (1tsp) olive oil 1 large...

• 2 Smoky Bacon, Tomato and Egg Bake recipe
  Dish type: Breakfast Serves: 4 Cooking time: About 20-25 minutes Oven temperature: Gas mark 7, 200˚C, 400˚F Ingredients 200g (7oz) dry cured oak smoked thick cut back bacon rashers – about...

• 3 Simple brined chops with bacon and chicory salad
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 4 x 2cm/¾in thick, boned and skinned pork chops 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing For the brine 30g/1¼oz granulated sugar 15g/½oz...

• 4 Breakfast topper
  Ingredients (Serves 6) 250g/9oz mixed-grain bread mix 2 tbsp tomato purée 2 tomatoes, sliced 3 flat mushrooms, wiped, peeled and sliced 75g/3oz Cheddar cheese, grated ...

• 5 Ingredient of the week: Pheasant
  When autumn rolls around you know you're in for a treat. Game season starts and the first of the darker, lither birds appears hanging in the windows of all good butchers, and even some supermarkets. Pheasant...