Homemade Cured Bacon

Step 1: Calculate the cure & spice weights

  • Meat

    • pork belly
      , skin on
      1 slab

  • Cure

    • salt
      2%
    • celery powder
      .25%
    • brown sugar
      1%

Using a food scale, weigh the pork belly.

Use this weight to calculate the remaining ingredient amounts. For example, if you have 1000 g of pork belly, 2% salt = 20 g.

Once you’ve weighed out the salt, celery powder, brown sugar, peppercorns, and garlic cloves, add them to a bowl and mix them all together.

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