I haven't posted any of my cooks in ages so thought I would create one. I made some canadian bacon a couple of months ago but the kids ate it all in about 3 weeks. Decided to do two loins this go round so it would last longer and also have family in town for Turkey Day. Bought a couple of whole loins from Costco. Trimmed them up to remove the little bit of fat and membrane that was present. I cut them each in half so they would fit into the brine bucket. Mixed up a batch of canadian bacon brine in the bucket and put the loins inside. I have a dedicated brine bucket so it doesnt get scratched up. A gallon of brine covered all four pieces completely so put the lid on it and into the fridge to cure. I usually try to let them cure for 10 days (or follow the 1/4" rule) but life got in the way so they went 14 days this time. Gotta use real maple syrup for this. Good deal at Costco.
After cure, rinse and pat dry, coated with maple syrup and brown sugar, let it sit on racks in the fridge overnight. I made an tinfoil boat to catch the drippings and make cleanup a whole lot easier.
Onto the smoker at 225° til hit IT 150°, took about 4 hours. Let sit in the fridge overnight to cool down and didnt have time to slice. Beautiful color on these.
Broke out the old slicer which made easy work of these. Sliced into 1/8" thick pieces.
Packaged into 1 lb packages with the vacuum sealer and into the freezer. Gave a couple packages to our neighbor who used one on some pizza for the Chiefs game Sunday. I didnt take a pic of the packages. I ended up with 12 packages. It tasted fantastic and won't last long.
Canadian Bacon Brine
1 c Maple Syrup (real)
1/2 c Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Cure #1
4 bay leaves
3 cloves crushed garlic
1 Tbsp Crushed Peppercorns
1 c Sea Salt
1 gal Cold Water
Combine all ingrediants in a food safe bucket and stir until dissolved.
After cure, rinse and pat dry, coated with maple syrup and brown sugar, let it sit on racks in the fridge overnight. I made an tinfoil boat to catch the drippings and make cleanup a whole lot easier.
Onto the smoker at 225° til hit IT 150°, took about 4 hours. Let sit in the fridge overnight to cool down and didnt have time to slice. Beautiful color on these.
Broke out the old slicer which made easy work of these. Sliced into 1/8" thick pieces.
Packaged into 1 lb packages with the vacuum sealer and into the freezer. Gave a couple packages to our neighbor who used one on some pizza for the Chiefs game Sunday. I didnt take a pic of the packages. I ended up with 12 packages. It tasted fantastic and won't last long.
Canadian Bacon Brine
1 c Maple Syrup (real)
1/2 c Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Cure #1
4 bay leaves
3 cloves crushed garlic
1 Tbsp Crushed Peppercorns
1 c Sea Salt
1 gal Cold Water
Combine all ingrediants in a food safe bucket and stir until dissolved.
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