Christmas Eve Pizza Bread with Just in Time Canadian Bacon


 

Rich Dahl

R.I.P. 7/21/2024
Merry Christmas every one!
We have a tradition that goes back over thirty years of making pizza bread on Christmas Eve. When the kids were little this was one of their favorite things to do.
Barb and I were alone this time but we decided to do it anyway.
Also because of poor timing I had to do my smoking for my get it right the second time Canadian bacon yesterday.
Got a late start because of a mid morning doctor’s appointment. My 18.5 WSM which hates me gave me a great Christmas present, it did exactly what I wanted and performed perfectly in really lousy conditions.
I wanted to use the bacon on our pizza bread and the WSM came through. It ran a perfect 185 for four hours with apple smoke. Pulled at 140 at 4pm and it was perfect. Great flavor and just the right hint of smoke, sugar and pepper, best CB I've ever tasted.
So enough of my dribble here’s some pictures of the cook and pizza bread and a link I found that expands on the Morton’s CB, recipe which I used except I only cured for four days and did three 30 minuet rinses.

Chuck here's another one to try.

Link to Recipe:
http://www.north-america.bradleysmoker.com/recipe/canadian-bacon-dry-cure/

Canadian Bacon coming off the WSM.
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Perfect, moist and tasty.
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Pizza bread ingredients including homemade sauce, pepperoni and Canadian bacon.
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Best pizza bread ever!
Thanks for coming by.
 
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Wow, Rich (and Barb), this turned out great!! Glad you took another run at the CB, I've bookmarked that recipe for future use. The pizza breads look fantastic, and I love that you are using your own home-cured toppings.

Well done, sir!

Rich
 
Merry Christmas Barb & Rich, thanks for all the inspirational cooks. And yup, true to form, another one in the to do books. Fantastic Bacon and Pizza breads. (isn't that Pepperoni fantastic cooked into the pizza? I managed to save a piece from last, I love cold pizza the next day :)
 
Merry Christmas Barb & Rich. Ditto what Chuck said. I have drawn much inspiration from Barb & you and look forward to seeing many more amazing things.
 
Merry Christmas Barb & Rich, thanks for all the inspirational cooks. And yup, true to form, another one in the to do books. Fantastic Bacon and Pizza breads. (isn't that Pepperoni fantastic cooked into the pizza? I managed to save a piece from last, I love cold pizza the next day :)

Barb and I both agree that after the pepperoni sat for a couple of days it tasted even better. The flavors blended much more then when it was first made. Like you said if I had known curing was this easy I would have started doing this long ago.
Again a big thank you to Bob Correll for showing us how easy it is to do.
 
Oh my you two, you're starving me here and I just had lunch!
Beautiful bacon, pizza bread, and photos!
Merry Christmas to you and the girls!
 

 

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