BLT built like a tomato burger

Salt and pepper the thick tomato slices about 10 minutes ahead to release excess moisture and intensify the flavour.

Cook the bacon in the oven at around 400F for 25 minutes so the fat renders slowly and it gets truly crisp.

Slice the lettuce very thinly; dress very lightly with mayo mixed with pickled onion liquid, drizzled over and tossed, right before serving so it does not wilt.

Toast the interior faces of the bread heavily and the exteriors lightly; spread a very thin layer of mayo on one piece.

Put the dressed lettuce on the other piece, drizzle on a little of the tomato juices from salting, lay the tomato in one thick edge-to-edge layer, then a single layer of crisp bacon and the top slice; cut in half.