Grape Tomatoes With Onion, Bacon And Sage

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 onion, very large (or 2 onions)
• 3 1/2 ounces lean bacon, chopped (100g)
• 3 tablespoons oil (45 ml)
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (30 ml)
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar (10 ml)
• 2 cups grape tomatoes, red-ripe (small plum tomatoes, 500 ml, rinsed)
• 1 teaspoon flaked sea salt (5 ml maldon salt, or use more, to taste)
• 4 tablespoons fresh sage leaves, finely chopped (dried basil can also be used)

Recipe

• 1 i used my wok to make this, on high heat.
• 2 clean and chop the onion, heat the oil well, and add the onion bits. stir and let fry.
• 3 chop up the bacon and separate the pieces if necessary.
• 4 fry the onion until it reduces and becomes a little transparent. use a high heat, but do stir often to prevent burning. then add the bacon pieces but don't let them stick together. stir the whole lot a few times.
• 5 after 5 minutes at high heat the bacon will be cooked. add the balsamic vinegar and sugar, and stir well.
• 6 rinse the grape tomatoes and measure 2 generous cups (500 ml).
• 7 add the tomatoes to the pan or wok, and stir. add enough salt -- sea salt flakes are really the nicest.
• 8 stir a few times until some of the tomatoes wrinkle and catch, then turn off the heat.
• 9 add the chopped sage leaves (sage complements the bacon and is a flavour difference from the usual basil).
• 10 stir through well. pull off heat, and decant into a warmed serving dish.
• 11 if your main meat dish is not hot (chilli pepper hot), you could add coarse black pepper to this dish.
• 12 leave in a warming oven for a while (or serve, depending on your family!).