We have more than 80 varieties of bacon in-store for you to explore — think about how many BLT combinations you can create! Goodness. I think I’m getting dizzy from excitement just thinking about all that sizzling bacon piling up on toasty, buttered bread.
Check out the Cooking School calendar for your favorite store because there are bacon classes like Parent & Child: Build a Better BLT and For the Love of Bacon where you cook lots and lots of bacon and make things like Bacon, Pear, & Humboldt Fog Salad; Pork Tenderloin with Bacon, Fennel & Carrots; Bacon, Basil & Blue Cheese-stuffed Grilled Tomatoes; and Bacon S’Mores.
And when you visit your favorite Central Market, look for our Build A Better BLT handout full of recipes for interesting ways to add new flavors to the classic BLT. You may think you’ve tried it all when it comes to the humble BLT, but you haven’t tried all these! You’ll discover how to make Spicy BLT with Chipotle Mayonnaise, a Butter Toasted Avocado BLT, and BLTs with shrimp, or apples (pictured), or melty cheese, and more!
To kick it all off, though, let’s stick with basics: The can’t-miss, classic BLT. Here’s your blueprint for building it better:
All-American BLT
Central Market Old Fashioned Split-Top White or 100% Whole Wheat Bread, lightly toasted
Duke’s Real Mayonnaise
Burgers’ Smokehouse Applewood Bacon Steaks or Central Market All Natural Uncured Hickory Bacon
Iceberg or Romaine Lettuce, thinly sliced
Ripe Tomatoes-on-the-Vine, cored and sliced, lightly seasoned with salt and freshly ground pepper
All-American Cobb BLT Option: Top bacon with crumbled Bleu cheese.
If you’re inspired to create your own BLT design, let us hear about it! We’d love to see how you Build A Better BLT!