Baked Back Bacon Sliced with Tomato and Chilli Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 Carrots thinly sliced
• 100 ml Chicken Stock Cube optional
• 1 Green Pepper thinly sliced
• 1 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1 pinch SuperValu Chilli Flakes
• 2 tins SuperValu Chopped Tomatoes and sauce
• 4 tsp SuperValu Dried Mixed Herbs
• 1 sprig SuperValu Fresh Rosemary
• 4 cloves SuperValu Garlic crushed
• 2 tbsp SuperValu Olive Oil
• 2 SuperValu Onion chopped
• 750 g SuperValu Quality Irish Unsmoked Back Bacon Joint 700g cut into 4 or 8 thick slices
• SuperValu Salt
• Black Pepper

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Pour the olive oil into a pan over a high heat, add the onions, garlic, carrots and pepper and fry for 2 – 3 minutes.
3. Add the herbs, seasoning and spice to the pan, then pour in the tomatoes, tomato sauce with a pinch of chilli flakes and chicken stock if required.
4. Bring the sauce to the boil then reduce heat and simmer for 1 - 2 minutes.
5. Remove from the heat, and pour the pan contents into an ovenproof baking dish, disperse the vegetables evenly in the base of the dish.
6. Place the slices of back bacon onto the cooked vegetables and immerse slightly in the sauce.   Place in a preheated oven for 25 – 30 minutes until the bacon is cooked through.
7. Baste the bacon with the tomato and chilli sauce from time to time to infuse the flavour.