Citrus-Glazed Sticky Bacon with Apple & Fennel Salad

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 350 ml dry apple cider
• 60 ml (¼ cup) maple syrup
• Juice of 1 orange and 1 lemon
• 3 thyme sprigs, plus extra, to serve
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 1 kg piece of bacon, rind scored (see note)
• Apple and fennel salad
• 50 ml olive oil
• 1 tbsp cider vinegar, or to taste
• 1 tsp lemon juice, or to taste
• 1 tsp Dijon vinegar
• 2 Granny Smith apples, unpeeled, cut into matchsticks
• 1 baby fennel bulb, thinly shaved on a mandolin, fronds reserved, to serve
• 1 golden shallot, thinly sliced