{"id":3196,"date":"2021-04-11T21:38:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T21:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malak.ca\/blog\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2021-04-11T21:38:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T21:38:40","slug":"making-zucchini-with-a-tomato-onion-and-bacon-sauce-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malak.ca\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/04\/11\/making-zucchini-with-a-tomato-onion-and-bacon-sauce-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Zucchini with a Tomato, Onion, and Bacon Sauce — Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in the mid 1990’s, my church published a cookbook with recipes from the membership. I began making a zucchini with bacon and onion sauce dish<\/a> submitted by a fellow parishioner in the mid- to late-2000’s, and, besides finding it tasty, I was pleasantly surprised both at how easy it was to make, and, even more surprisingly, how it immediately came across as a restaurant-quality dish. In fact, shortly after, I happened to be at a restaurant, and ordered a similar dish as an appetizer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that the amounts of some of the ingredients shown below are sometimes greater than listed in the recipe<\/a>, in order to have some of the sauce leftover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, bacon was taken out (in this case, half slices):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bacon taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The bacon was sliced crosswise \/ diced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bacon sliced crosswise \/ diced<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The bacon was then placed in a cast iron skillet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bacon placed in a cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Onions were taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onions taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The onions were cleaned and trimmed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onions cleaned and trimmed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The onions were quartered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onions quartered<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The onions were then chopped coarsely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onions chopped coarsely<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The onions were then placed in the cast iron skillet with the bacon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onions placed in cast iron skillet with the bacon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The stove was turned on to a low to medium heat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stove turned on to low to medium heat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A pot was filled with water:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pot filled with water<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Salt was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The salt was added to the pot of water:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt added to the pot of water<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The stove under the pot was turned on high to boil the water in the pot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stove under the pot of water turned on<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The water was brought to a boil, and put aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomatoes were taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomatoes taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The tomatoes were cleaned and trimmed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomatoes cleaned and trimmed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The tomatoes were quartered …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomatoes quartered<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… the tomatoes were further chopped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomatoes further chopped<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the chopped tomatoes were placed in a mixing bowl:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomatoes placed in a mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sugar was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The sugar was added to the mixing bowl with the tomatoes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar added to tomatoes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

More salt was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The salt was added to the bowl with the tomatoes and the sugar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt added to tomatoes and sugar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Water was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The water was added to the bowl with the tomatoes, sugar, and salt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water added to the bowl with the tomatoes, sugar, and salt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the bowl with the tomatoes, sugar, salt, and water was put aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three zucchinis (in this case, grey zucchinis) were taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zucchinis taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The zucchinis were cleaned and trimmed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zucchinis cleaned and trimmed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The zucchinis were cut in half along their length:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zucchinis cut in half along their lengths<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the zucchinis were put aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon, the bacon and onions were beginning to be cooked and caramelized:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooked bacon and caramelized onions<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the tomato mix was added to the bacon and onions in the cast iron skillet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomato mix added to the cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tomato mix added to the cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the ingredients in the cast iron skillet were mixed together:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients mixed together in the cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ingredients were brought to a simmer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients brought to a simmer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ingredients were reduced, during which the tomatoes also disintegrated into the sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sauce reduced<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At this point, the salted water was brought back to a boil:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salted water brought back to a boil<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the zucchini halves were added to the boiling water …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zucchini halves added to the boiling water<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the zucchini halves were boiled for ten minutes (obviously, the photo was taken about eight seconds after the timer was set):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Timer set to 10 minutes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Zucchini being boiled for ten minutes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At this point, the sauce had sufficiently reduced to my liking, and was ready for serving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sauce ready for serving<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The zucchini were served onto two plates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boiled zucchini served on a plate, with sliced baguette bread<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And finally, sauce was spooned onto the zucchini:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sauce spooned onto the zucchini<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Supper was yummy, with a nice, tangey sauce!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in the mid 1990’s, my church published a cookbook with recipes from the membership. I began making a zucchini with bacon and onion sauce dish submitted by a fellow parishioner in the mid- to late-2000’s, and, besides finding it tasty, I was pleasantly surprised both at how easy it was to make, and, even … <\/p>\n

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