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Homemade Pancetta

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)

Just about 2 pounds of pork belly. Soaked in white wine, a pinot grigio, for about 30 hours, then into the cure. Not a very good job of evenly spreading the peppercorns and juniper berries, but I'm not too worried. It should still end up being a nice piece of pancetta.

mjb.
 
#4 ·
No, I've made it several times before.  It gets cured for about a week in the fridge, soaked in wine again, then hung to dry. Normally pancetta is unsmoked.  I do need to do another slab or two of bacon soon.

mjb.
 
#5 ·
The belly felt firm enough, time to take it out of the cure, give it a rinse, get the big chunks off.


You might notice that I left the skin on for this piece. Usually pancetta is cured skinless, but I had in mind curing skin on, then trimming the skin for use in a batch of beans for the park.


My knife skills could use some work. But the fat and slivers of meat carved off with the skin will add taste to the pot of beans for the homeless. Not too worried about it.

So another soak in white wine:


Another inexpensive pinot grigio. The name reminds me of a Cheftalk regular, but I just can't remember who. Shucks.

A day or so in the fridge covered, then rinsed again before drying. Time. And more time. I don't think I've ever seen a "30 minute charcuterie" book. The original title I chose for this thread was "Salt. Time." I was thinking of starting what could be a long term thread for this sort of thing, but perhaps the original title was too close to a certain book title. So it goes.

mjb.
 
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