One of the cutest Valentine’s Day traditions is to make breakfast for your partner. After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day and a great way to kickstart a day that’s full of love.

But in the reliance on these tropes, the perfect gift — something that effortlessly ticks every romantic box — has been completely overlooked: bacon. Few foods are as effortlessly arousing as bacon.

To make the potato and bacon roses, first wash the potatoes, then slice them as thinly as possible with a mandoline (1). Take a slice of bacon and place the potato slices on top, side by side (2), ...