Hey all. Well decided to try my hand at peameal bacon this week. There aren't as many steps to making this, and with it being a household staple for most of my life, I figured it would be a good way to start. On a trip down to Michigan a few weeks back, found 6# pork loins on sale for $10. Considering our grocers charge $6 for 6-8 slices, I figured even if managed to mangle it, $10 was worth the education. So I started with the brine
1 gal water
1 c himalayan pink rock salt
1/3c brown sugar
2/3c white sugar
1/4 c honey
1 T pickling spice
5 cloves minced garlic
23g instacure #1
Got all the ingredients (except the cure) warmed up in a pot to help blend everything, let it cool and then added the cure. Don't know what I did with a couple of prep pics, but then trimmed up and cut the loin in half. Into the bucket with ziploc bags and into the fridge.
Rolled it over every night and tonight was the 6th day its been in. Decided to cut one open and have a look
Since it was looking like everything was good to go, washed off the split halves and cut off a couple slices for the fry test
Taste came out better than I could have imagined. Wasnt overly salty, so gave it the roll in cornmeal
Sliced it all up, and got most of it stowed away ready for the freezer. Saved a few to cook up for BLTs.
Managed to get 41 slices ( we like it a little thicker) out of that loin. The family was hoping I wasn't going to freeze any of it.. guess they enjoyed it.. anyway, thanks for looking
Jeff
1 gal water
1 c himalayan pink rock salt
1/3c brown sugar
2/3c white sugar
1/4 c honey
1 T pickling spice
5 cloves minced garlic
23g instacure #1
Got all the ingredients (except the cure) warmed up in a pot to help blend everything, let it cool and then added the cure. Don't know what I did with a couple of prep pics, but then trimmed up and cut the loin in half. Into the bucket with ziploc bags and into the fridge.
Rolled it over every night and tonight was the 6th day its been in. Decided to cut one open and have a look
Since it was looking like everything was good to go, washed off the split halves and cut off a couple slices for the fry test
Taste came out better than I could have imagined. Wasnt overly salty, so gave it the roll in cornmeal
Sliced it all up, and got most of it stowed away ready for the freezer. Saved a few to cook up for BLTs.
Managed to get 41 slices ( we like it a little thicker) out of that loin. The family was hoping I wasn't going to freeze any of it.. guess they enjoyed it.. anyway, thanks for looking
Jeff