Making Pancetta
From elgourmand2 7 years ago
- 1 Hr. + 8 Weeks to make
- Serves Some
A while back I was researching Pork Belly for a fellow foodie. There isn’t much I thought was worth doing, just cooking Pork Belly but as the basis for other things it has potential. I ran across this recipe back then. Read more I just stashed it at the time but later ran across a couple recipes that called for Pancetta. You can’t buy Pancetta here but I still hesitated as I never have enough fridge space to do this sort of thing. Then I got a second fridge. A hunk of Pork Belly is easy to get and cheap here, so why not? This takes some time but is dead easy and, once cured, the Pancetta will last months in the fridge. See less
Ingredients
- For the cure: shopping list
- • 2 Tbs. whole black peppercorns, plus 1 Tbs. for after curing shopping list
- • 2 Tbs. whole juniper berries shopping list
- • 1/3 cup kosher salt shopping list
- • 3 Tbs. packed dark brown sugar shopping list
- • 2 tsp. curing salt shopping list
- • 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg shopping list
- • 3 medium garlic cloves, minced shopping list
- • 3 fresh or 5 dry bay leaves, torn into small pieces shopping list
- • 2 tsp. fresh thyme leaves shopping list
- • 1 Tbs. fresh rosemary leaves shopping list
- For the pancetta: shopping list
- • 1 (5-1/2-pound) piece of fresh, skin-on pork belly (1/2 of a whole belly slab) shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Mix Dry Cure Ingredients well and rub onto meat, making sure to cover all nooks and crannies.
- 2. Transfer meat into a Ziplock or Food-saver bag and place in your refrigerator for two weeks to cure.
- 3. After the curing process, remove meat from bag, and rinse off cure under running water.
- 4. Transfer to a UMAi Dry® bag, if you have one. I don’t so I used a triple layer of cheese cloth and that worked fine. Place the slab on an open wire rack to dry in your refrigerator for four to eight weeks, or until you get a 35-40% reduction in weight. See Photo
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