sotv Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) Just had a great bacon sarnie, from my latest batch of bacon. Tried a couple of different things with this one. Added a couple of bay leaves, to my usual salt, sugar and tellicherry pepper cure. The bayleaves added a hint of the flavour to the finished meat. I normally look for more meat than fat on the pork belly, but chose a much fattier one than I normally get for this one , what a difference with the finished flavour after cooking. Going to change the type of cut I get in future,, the higher fat content has way more flavour than the meat after cooking I found. Also sliced these with a knife and probably at least twice as thick as what I would do with a slicer, cooked a lot better and a proper mouthful each bite 😄 The fat in the pan is just what came off the bacon, no oil added before started cooking, couple of lovely bacon fat crispy pieces of fried bread afterwards. Edited February 16, 2020 by sotv 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Yummy. That is the way I do my bacon bar the bay leaf. I will try that. Nice one mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Monkey Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Looks great, just having a Bacon Sandwich myself 🥓 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 That sounds great. The bay leaves sound a great idea, I will try that on my next batch. I’ve done two lots with loin and one with belly, and found the belly a bit tough. Have you noticed that at all or had I just got a bad cut for the belly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotv Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 15 hours ago, Simon said: That sounds great. The bay leaves sound a great idea, I will try that on my next batch. I’ve done two lots with loin and one with belly, and found the belly a bit tough. Have you noticed that at all or had I just got a bad cut for the belly? I wouldn't say I have ever found it tough, maybe a bit more chewy than back bacon, but more flavour I find than back. This one cut thicker and with a bit more fat, than normal, rendered whilst cooking and was very melt in mouth. Obviously you got to like a bit of fat though. 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Thanks for that. I’ll give it another try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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