Bacon recipes?
Anyone have a good recipe for homemade bacon? Just found a farm near me that raises livestock on grass, and want to try my hand at bacon.
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Betty
Sep 8, 2006 03:35 AM
I replied earlier, but it doesn't appear, so I will try again, but "livestock on grass" is probably not pork, but beef. Hogs are not generally grazing animals. Buying half portion of fresh local well-raised beef, however, is a great idea if you like to cook and have a deep freezer.
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This could stir up some controversy, but you could go the commercial route and brine the sliced pork belly in a salt/sugar/liquid smoke solution.
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re: foodISlove
Here is how one company approaches brined liquid smoke based bacon:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4957...
The end result is cooked, but the initial brining process should be fairly standard for the industry.
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My husband generally uses Ruhlman's new Charcuterie title for bacon and Bertolli's Cooking by Hand for pancetta. Both are excellent.
We both suggest starting with pancetta which is less complex and curing it a few times so you understand how the meat should look. After you've mastered it next try bacon, again, curing a few times, before you attempt to smoke it.
Please don't work with a random internet recipe. You should buy a book and throughly understand the processes you are working with.
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One of my friends got another one the book Everything Tastes Better with Bacon: 70 Fabulous Recipes for Every Meal of the Day by Sara Perry and Sheri Giblin (Paperback - May 1, 2002). It's got everything from bacon favorites to Bacon Brittle in it. However, I'm still waiting to taste the Bacon Brittle
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