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Dry Cured Bacon

Dry Cured Bacon recipe, eat well on universal credit

I chose Pork Loin for this as the belly Pork available at the moment is very fatty and doesn’t look overly appealing. So the end result will be Back Bacon. You need to be pretty precise when using Saltpetre so I reduced to weight to almost exactly 1Kg by taking the rind off and cutting a couple of steaks from one end so that we’ll be able to cut even rasters when it has cured.

Rub ingredients:-

22.5g of Pink Salt
22.5g of Sugar
2G of Saltpetre
1 Tsp of Smoked Paprika
1 Tsp of mixed Herbs
1 Tsp of fresh ground Black Pepper.

Method:-

(1) Trim the Pork Loin to as near to 1Kg as possible.
(2) Mix the rub ingredients in a bowl.
(3) Apply the rub evenly over the entire surface.
(4) Place in a tub in the fridge loosely covered.
(5) Turn daily for 3 weeks.

As the meat cures it will loose about 10% of the water content. This accumulates in the tub and will naturally evaporate in the fridge.

See you all in 3 weeks, hopefully with some outstanding Bacon!

 

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Fusion Turkey stuffed Peppers

There was a 500g pack of Turkey Thigh mince with a yellow sticker on it, it was bound to come home reall. This meal used 1/2 of it and the Peppers were free as they were destined for composting!
 

Ingredients:-

2 Red Peppers, halved and de-seeded
250g Turkey Thigh mince
1 Tin of chopped Tomatoes
A hearty squirt of Tomato Puree
200ml Chicken Stock
1 Onion, finely diced
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
Salt & Pepper
Mixed Herbs
Basil
Grated Mozzarella
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Fry The Onion until softened and then add the Garlic.
(2) Add the minced Turkey and fry until it begins brown.
(3) Season with Salt & Pepper and add the dried Herbs.
(4) Stir in the Tomato Puree.
(5) Add the chopped Tomatoes and Chicken stock.
(6) Simmer to reduce for 30 minutes.
(7) Load the filling into the Peppers with a slotted spoon.
(8) Sprinkle the Cheese over the top and roast in the oven at 180c until it is piping hot and the Cheese has browned.

We had some chopped Collard greens so Sue fried them with a little dried Laver (Seaweed), Cumin seeds, Chinese Five Spice, Sugar, Salt and Pepper.


 

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