Easy to make Pancetta

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Super easy and straight forward recipe for Pancetta. What is Pancetta, besides something that is super tasty. Pancetta is a cured pork belly.

Its similar to bacon but not smoked and the cure and drying time is a lot longer than normal bacon.

Ingredients:

1074g Pork Belly
26.8g – Kosher Salt
2.6g Cure #2
20g Nutmeg
20.4g Cracked black pepper
12.9g Thyme
11.8g Brown sugar
46g juniper berries crushed
1g Bay leaves ground

Dry rub:

2 Tbsp. cracked black pepper
2 Tbsp. Chilli flakes
5 Bay leaves ground

Method:

Mix all dry ingredients together.
Cover the pork belly entirely with the dry mixture.
Place in airtight zip lock bag or vacuum seal and put in the fridge for 7 days.
Turn the bag every 24 hours.
After 7 days remove from the bag and rinse, pat dry and rub with cracked pepper, chilli flakes and ground bay leaves.
Weigh the pork belly and capture the current weight.
hang in your chamber for around 3 – 4 weeks or until 25% weight loss is achieved.

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