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When George Clooney came to my house for dinner and I gave him a chocolate bacon bar for dessert, he suggested serving it to vegans and not telling them the source of the salty sweetness, since no one should be deprived of this culinary experience. We don't advocate that, but at your next carnivore-only dinner party, do try out these bacon-for-dessert recipes, given to TIME by some of the best chefs in the country...
...Sauce: 8 oz bacon, rendered in oven until very crispy ½ lb. butter ½ lb. dark brown sugar 2 cups maple syrup 2 cups heavy cream 1 tbsp. vanilla extract Bananas, sliced...
...Bacon works in dessert for the same reason peanut butter works with chocolate, or sea salt with caramel. Salt brings out the depth of flavor in desserts (try eating a salt-free brownie), and fatty foods are often cut by sweetness, like foie gras with Sauternes or fried chicken with honey...
...more famous pastry chefs get their own restaurants, ingredients that had been on one side of the menu are showing up on the other. And some chefs are starting to branch out from bacon and put other meats in sweets. José Andrés of Washington's Minibar and Los Angeles' Bazaar serves foie gras surrounded by cotton candy. Ramon Perez, the pastry chef at L.A.'s Sona, added shrimp to his salted caramels for a sweet brininess--and a fear-factor thrill. Perez, who also serves apple lasagna with crispy bacon, is delighted by the mainstreaming of meat for dessert...
...Bacon Bits: To get dessert recipes, go to time.com/bacon