You got an excellent piece of bacon, and would like to please your family with such a non-dietary, but, nevertheless, very appetizing snack on the same day. That's quite possible. A little bit of culinary magic, and you will have a very aromatic and tasty bacon on your table.
It is necessary
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- Lard;
- culinary smoke;
- salt;
- spice;
- onion peel;
- garlic;;
- Bay leaf;
- peppercorns.
Instructions
Step 1
Rinse and clean the bacon. Cut it into pieces so that it fits in the pan, and pour the lard with water so that the water is completely covered. It is most convenient to use a measuring cup, so you can calculate the required amount of the remaining ingredients. Add six tablespoons of both cooking smoke and salt to the water per liter of water. Add spices to the brine to your liking. Bring the brine to a boil, reduce heat under a saucepan and simmer the lard for forty minutes over low heat. Remove the lard from the brine and cool. You can rub it with a mixture of garlic and spices, but the bacon prepared according to this recipe is already fragrant. Chill the bacon in the freezer and you can serve the original smoked bacon cooked without any smokehouse.
Step 2
Another way to make delicious lard takes a little longer.
Put a few handfuls of onion husks, bay leaves, and red pepper into the water. Let the water boil. Add half a cup of salt and 1 tablespoon of sugar per liter of water to the salt, sugar, and allspice. Place the lard in the brine and cook for an hour. Remove the pan from heat, cover and leave the lard in the brine for a day, drain the brine, rub the lard with garlic and spices. Soak the bacon in the bag for two hours at room temperature. After two hours, you can put the lard in the freezer.
