My wife and I are not big salt eaters either. Is 3% salt too much? Should I stick with 2%? also what percentage of honey, and brown sugar should I use? 2% also?

Thanks again.

14lb pork belly

Salt 3%
Cure#1 .25%
Honey 3/4 cup
Brown sugar 3/4 cup
Black pepper Enough to cover bacon (meat side) after cure, before smoke

What do you guys think about this recipe? Any suggestions? Advice?

Yup, that's one heck of a lot of sugar. Do you fry your bacon crispy or do you prefer it otherwise? Baconologist, I really appreciate your willingness to help me out, especially considering I have a 14lb slab of pork belly in the fridge waiting for me to do something with it. I personally like my b...

The recipe is not mine. It actually came off of Len Poli's site. I believe it will char easily due to the amount of sugar. That is a guess , but I am assuming that is the reason.

That's a VERY bad recipe!!!! I wouldn't use it unless you like bacon that easily chars to a cinder, is EXTREMELY salty and is laden with excess nitrite beyond any well respected safe and practical standard. What exactly are you looking for in a bacon recipe? How do you prefer to prepare your finish...

Most of the time its best to follow a recipe/method as spelled out by the Author....if you don't trust them, try another that you do. Lots of tried and true recipes for Bacon in the members recipe section in Hyde Park. I can vouch for Sons Of Bees...best bacon EVER. Mixing and matching usually resu...

Just wanted to add a couple questions: Can I use the percentages I came up with to increase the cure for my 14lb slab? Does the large amount of cure, salt, and sugar seem ok in this recipe? A lot higher then in all of my books... Len poli calls for 7 days of curing time. That is also much different ...

ssorllih wrote:The percentages are about twice what I use but I don't drain the exudate.

Thank you, for everyone's response. I also agree, I thought the numbers seemed high as well. Although being that I've never made Bacon before, I figured Mr. Poli knows better then I do!

Hello all, I have a quick Bacon Curing question for you all if you do not mind. I will be starting Len Poli's, Honey Cured Bacon, this weekend if all goes well. His recipe calls for 10lbs of pork belly. It does not give percentages, just specific amounts as follows: 4540 grams Pork Belly 360 grams H...

Looks fantastic! Man I wish I could try it! I just finished two Lonzino's. A Pepper crusted and a plain. Both turned out great. I love the flavor the pepper gives the meat.

Thank you to all for your responses. Chuck wagon, wow! Very informative. Thank you very much. I hope to come up with a few different recipes of my own.

Thank you again

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