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Mastering Meat 2

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Home cured bacon

Makes: 1 1/2kg bacon | Preparation time: 30 minutes (plus 5 days of curing)

What you’ll need:

Ingredients

1½ kg pork belly, bones removed
1,25 kg coarse salt
300g treacle sugar
2 tsp (10ml) saltpetre
4 bay leaves
¼ cup (60ml) juniper berries

¼ cup (60ml) black peppercorns

Tools

Knife
Chopping board
Pestle and mortar
Container

What to do:

1. Cut the pork belly into three equal pieces.

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