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Loukoumades Stuffed With Bacon And Maple Syrup

Name: Loukoumades Stuffed With Bacon And Maple Syrup
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 1 cup finely diced bacon; 1 small white onion, finely diced; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 100g pork mince; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp cracked pepper; ½ tsp smoked paprika; ½ tsp Aleppo pepper; 100g cream cheese; 50g ricotta; 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh dill; 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint; 130g flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp salt; 200g chilled orange flavoured soft drink; ½ cup crispy fried batter bits; reserved crispy bacon; ½ cup maple syrup; ½ tsp finely chopped fresh thyme

Lydia Kamperos

Contestant · 01 Jun 2026

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Makes 12

Serves

Components

Ingredients

Season

Ingredients

Filling

1 cupfinely diced bacon

1small white onion, finely diced

2 tbspextra virgin olive oil

100gpork mince

½ tspsalt

½ tspcracked pepper

½ tspsmoked paprika

½ tspAleppo pepper

100gcream cheese

50gricotta

2 tbspfinely chopped fresh dill

2 tbspfinely chopped fresh mint

Batter

130gflour

2 tspbaking powder

1 tspsugar

1 tspsalt

200gchilled orange flavoured soft drink

Garnish

½ cupcrispy fried batter bits

reserved crispy bacon

½ cupmaple syrup

½ tspfinely chopped fresh thyme

Method

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PorkBaconMaple SyrupRicottaMain

Recipe by Lydia Kamperos, Season 18. Originally published by Network 10 on 01 Jun 2026.

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