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Foodie Thursday

Resident chef Nigel Barden is here with today's mouth-watering 'Foodie Thursday' dish. Plus, Simon has another one of your confessions for the collective to mull over.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 19 Nov 2015 17:05

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Baked Bacon Joint & Cumberland Sauce

By Tim Wilson & Fran Warde from Ginger Pig Farmhouse Cookbook (Mitchell Beazley)

Dry-cured long back bacon

Makes 5kg (11lb)

Takes 30 mins + 5 days to cure & 7-28 days to hang

This bacon can be sliced as needed, or cut into 鈥榗hops鈥 5cm (2鈥) thick & grilled or fried like rashers, but for a little longer because of their thickness.

Ingredients

2kg (4lb 8oz) long-back pork

For the cure

200g (7oz) curing salt

85g (3oz) Demerara sugar

2 tsp pepper

Method

1.听听听 Find a plastic container large enough for the pork to lie flat.听 Mix together the cure ingredients & rub the mixture vigorously all over the pork. 听

2.听听听 Cover & place in the fridge for 5 days, regularly draining off any moisture, then turning the meat & rubbing the cure into it.

3.听听听 Remove the pork, wash & dry it well, then hang in a cool, dark & dry place or the fridge for at least 7 days or up to 28 days.听 The bacon should be firm to the touch.

Once you鈥檝e made your cured, set bacon, why not bake a whole piece for a special dinner?

Prep time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 60-90 mins


Method

Score the skin & place the joint in a low oven, around 150C/300F/gas mark 2, until the flesh is beautifully tender & you have crisp, salty crackling. 听

Serve with Cumberland sauce (recipe below), stewed lentils & a few vegetables.

Cumberland Sauce

Serves 6

Takes 30 mins

This classic sauce goes very well with ham, lamb, duck & all kinds of game.听 It can be served hot & somewhat runny, or cold & thick.听 If kept in a sterilized jar in the fridge, it will keep for 2 weeks.

Ingredients

1 orange

1 lemon

5 tbsp redcurrant jelly

5 tbsp port

1 tsp mustard powder

1 tsp ground ginger

Method

Peel the orange & lemon, cut the rind into long, thin strips, then cut these into matchsticks. 听

Place in a pan of boiling water, simmer for 5 mins, then drain, discarding the liquid.

Juice the orange & add to the softened rind along with the remaining ingredients. 听

Simmer very gently until the jelly has melted & everything is well combined.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Nov 2015 17:05