The Perfect Bacon Butty
Having spent more than 1,000 hours testing 700 variations, scientists at Leeds University claim to have come up with a formula for the perfect bacon butty.
This was an in-depth study, with fifty volunteers judging each sandwich according to its taste, texture and flavour. The results show that the key is the crispiness and the crunch of the bacon. Dr Graham Clayton, who led the research team, said "We often think that it's the taste and smell of bacon that consumers find most attractive. But our research proves that texture and sound is just as, if not more, important".
The team's findings are that two or three back bacon rashers should be cooked under a preheated oven grill for seven minutes at about 240C (475F). The bacon should then be placed between two slices of farmhouse bread, 1cm to 2cm thick.
I am surprised that there is no mention of the all important sauce and although quality and type of bacon was studied there is no conclusion given on that rather important point. I think I’m just going to have to keep making and eating bacon butties until I find the answer myself. It’s a hard life.
Oh, by the way, here’s the winning formula:
N = C + {fb (cm) . fb (tc)} + fb (Ts) + fc . ta, where N=force in Newtons required to break the cooked bacon, fb=function of the bacon type, fc=function of the condiment/filling effect, Ts=serving temperature, tc=cooking time, ta=time or duration of application of condiment/filling, cm=cooking method, C=Newtons required to break uncooked bacon.
I’ll let you study that while I tuck into the rest of this butty.
Source: BBC News
7 comments:
Oh no you don't I want one too! Who can concentrate when I am drooling all over this one!
Hee hee, sorry Meeta it's all gone!
That does look mighty tasty. I was working at a motorway service station outside of Chester about 8 years ago and we served bacon baguettes and sausage baguettes and the piece de resistance bacon AND sausage baguettes in the mornings. We couldn't make them fast enough to cope with the demand. They were pretty good though. Perfectly grilled sausage, bacon and a chewy fresh baguette, what more could you want, unless it's brown sauce of course!
Mmm...bacon AND sausage, now you're talking!
How do people get to be bacon buttie volunteer tasters! A cafe near us used to do a big breakfast roll for £2 - fried egg, bacon and sausage, it was the perfect hangover cure but it has closed down now :(
Denhay drycure bacon lends itself to a marvellous bacon sandwich.
And it has to be white bread and a good amount of tomato sauce.
I prefer streaky to back.
Your photo is making me rather hungry;-)
HP Sauce!! a necessary ingredient!
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