halfway failed recipe with Bacon

This was ought to be a "Bacon Log" - fried mincemeat baked together with cheese, wrapped and baked in Bacon. Well, it didnt hold up too much after baking.
heres the recipe:

You Need:
- Bacon (we took 36 strips)
- Mincemeat (500g)
- Seasoning
- grated cheese

Instructions:
Weave a Blanket with the bacon. do it in an Up/down pattern (H = horizontal bacon up, V= vertical bacon up)

HVHVHVHV
VHVHVHVH
HVHVHVHV etc.

2. prepare the mincemeat. Mix in spices and seasoing by wish. I personally added 1 teaspoon of Mustard, 2 Tablespoons of Ketchup, Italian Spices, Pepper, Sweet Paprica, a tablespoon of soy sauce and some hot sauce (Tabasco, Sambal Oelek and Painmaker 300k Scoville)

3.roll up the mincemeat in little balls (around 1 to 2 grams) and fry them. its not too bad if they aren't fried completely, we get more treatment later

4.spread the meat on the bacon Blanket. add the grated cheese and by demand some more spices and sauces.

5. roll it up good now, it has to be rolled as tightly as possible! or else it wont hold together (might have been my mistake)

6. Freeze it. You will do this to flip it easier later on. Do thisfor about 15-20 minutes

7. Now its time to bake this son of a gun! Into the oven! We used a gas oven on 5 (which should be 240°)
Bake for around 20 minutes, then flip it. Bake for 20 more

Get it out , divide and conquer!

When Bacon is involved, it is NEVER a fail.

Exactly. And there is never too much. Ever.

Puked rainbows when I saw this...Definitely relevant to Bacon Banzai!

ewwww, no thats just disgusting...

anyways, Ive always wanted to try out a bacon weave, but bacon is so expensive... (I only buy the £1 bacon...)

Heh.

Yes, it is pretty expensive. So I really only eat it when I go camping, or on special occasions. It is the only pork I will eat...

hmm... we got it here for 0,90€/100g

Dear lord...

@Mel
I like your plate.

you could use toothpicks to keep it together while cooking or can bake the bacon a bit first just till it begins to brown slightly so when u cook it all together it crisps up more?

p.s. I might try to make this, sometime this week!

@ rui: it isnt mine >.< Its from my friend.

@ bookie: This recipe originated from a picture-only recipy with little to no instructions.
But according to it, the Log should be stable by iself, maybe because of the cheese

can't go wrong with more cheese...or meat glue

I'm sorry but i have to post in order to agree with this statement, bacon can **never** go wrong~

Well, we got some Ideas for basic Improvement.

1st: what bookie said: more cheese, or needles to keep it together.
2nd: Dont mix the meat beforehand. Prepare a Spice Mix and fry the Mincemeat as it is (Usually it comes packed grounded = in little strings of sorts) fry them like that and after that put all of them in the Spice Mix and mix them. The spices should stick to the meat now and you can spread them.
3rd: Bigger Carpet (Limited through the ize of your oven)

You had to make sure the bacon was thick applewood smoked bacon.

actually no so failed to begin with... you just over do it..

5. don't roll it tightly.. cuz when you baked it the bacon will shrink because of fat...

and put egg and flour.

*eye twitch* O.< So... much... bacon..... Scary.....

Bwahaha! Can't you just hear the bacon? Calling out to you? Pleading for you to eat it?

Nooooo~! xP *covers ears* I will not give in!

I think this may ease your discomfort then...

Oh gosh... The infamous bacon soap I've heard so much about... xP And does bacon toothpaste even freshen your breath? O.o; The bacon nails look kind of neat, though. :P