Although I really enjoyed my previous bacon cooks last year, I wanted to try a few other things. Maple-cured bacon seems pretty popular, and I wanted to try brining bacon and Canadian bacon. Here's the Maple in a bag, and another section of belly and half a loin in brine.
Close up of the brine. It smells much better than it looks!
After 4 days in the brine we sampled it, soaked it in water to cut the saltiness, and dried in the fridge overnight. Then onto the smoker.
On the top rack is the Canadian bacon loin along with a little brisket flat that looked too good to pass up at the store. This just has a quick Pastrami rub, but was not cured.
Bottom rack finished.
And the top rack done.
Now for the fun part: slicing. Canadian bacon off the meat slicer.
Brisket done. It tastes nothing like Pastrami, and not really exactly like a regular Texas brisket either. Sort of in between, but really good. And so far it's been really good for lunches.
Bacon sliced.
We didn't really like the (fake) maple syrup flavor so that ended up being pepper bacon.
Time to take it for a test drive.
And pancakes would be nice. Great way to break in a griddle.
And plated.
Thanks for looking!
Close up of the brine. It smells much better than it looks!
After 4 days in the brine we sampled it, soaked it in water to cut the saltiness, and dried in the fridge overnight. Then onto the smoker.
On the top rack is the Canadian bacon loin along with a little brisket flat that looked too good to pass up at the store. This just has a quick Pastrami rub, but was not cured.
Bottom rack finished.
And the top rack done.
Now for the fun part: slicing. Canadian bacon off the meat slicer.
Brisket done. It tastes nothing like Pastrami, and not really exactly like a regular Texas brisket either. Sort of in between, but really good. And so far it's been really good for lunches.
Bacon sliced.
We didn't really like the (fake) maple syrup flavor so that ended up being pepper bacon.
Time to take it for a test drive.
And pancakes would be nice. Great way to break in a griddle.
And plated.
Thanks for looking!
