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Sweet Cured Bacon (Bacon #6)

Sweet Cured Bacon (Bacon #6) method and ingedients

I guess this was inspired by Canadian Maple Bacon, but modified as we had some discounted Honey.

Ingredients:-

1 Kg of Pork Loin, with most of the the fat and rind removed
30g of Salt *2
2g of Saltpetre *2
3 Tbsp of runny Honey

Method:-

This is a two stage cure over 14 days. Initially I immersion cured it and then for the remain 7 days I dry cured it.

(1) In a clip top box add the first batch of Salt and Saltpetre to enough cold Water to cover the meat.
(2) Every couple of days give the box a bit of a shake to make sure the meat is in contact with the brine evenly.
(3) On the 7th day drain the cure solution.
(4) mix the second batch of Salt and Saltpetre into the Honey to form a paste.
(5) Rub this evenly over the Pork. It’s a bit of a sticky messy gig!
(6) Return the meat to it’s box. You shouldn’t find much moisture extraction with this method and your Bacon should be very moist when slicing.
(7) Your Bacon will be ready from the 14th day, but will reach a point of stasis so it can be kept for months. (Apparently, but untested in our flat!)

We can’t comment on the flavour yet, it’ll be making an appearance in our dinner tonight. However it sliced well and is very moist.

 

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Sesame Prawn Toast - gluten and milk free - eat well on universal credit

Gluten free bread is more like chemistry than baking to get it right. Gluten and Daily free Bread feels like you’ve actually lost the plot and are messing with the Occult / Alchemy.

But it worked. We’ll need to adjust the recipe slightly for our taste. More Salt and slightly less Honey next time. But the slightly sweet overall taste worked really well for Prawn Toast. Certainly the best version we’ve ever eating at home or in a restaurant.

Prawn Toast.

Ingredients:-

150g of Raw Prawns
1 Tsp of Ginger, grated
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Egg White
2 Spring Onions, chopped
1 Tsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
¼ Tsp of ground White Pepper
¼ Tsp of Salt
3 Slices of Gluten free White Bread, cut into triangles (Gluten free for us – See recipe below)
6 Tbsp of Sesame Seeds
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Add the Prawns, Ginger, Garlic, Egg White, Spring Onions, Soy Sauce, Salt, white Pepper together and blitz to a smooth paste.
(2) Spread the paste generously on one side of the Bread.
(3) Dip each triangle of bread in the Sesame Seeds, paste side down.
(4) Heart Oil and fry paste side up for 1 to 2 minutes.
(5) Flip over and fry until the paste is golden brown.
(6) Drain of kitchen paper.

The flavour enhances as they cook, so these are probably best served at room temperature as a side. They were really good. Certainly a recipe we will repeat next time we do an Asian dish.

For the Gluten free / Milk free Bread:-

Ingredients:-

335Ml of Almond Milk, unsweetened
35g of Dairy free Margarine
2 Eggs, beaten
1 Tsp of Apple Cider Vinegar
400g of Plain Flour (Gluten free here)
120ml of liquid Honey
1 Tsp of Salt
1 ½ Tsp of Xanthan Gum
1 ¾ Tsp of Instant Yeast


Method:-

(1) Add all the wet ingredients to your Bread machine.
(2) Add all the dry ingredients excluding the Yeast.
(3) Make a small well in the top and add the Yeast.
(4) Bake on the Gluten free setting (It’s No.9 on our machine)
(5) Remove and allow to cool on a wire rack.

 

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