I had some leftover canadian-style bacon, and Madeleine loves carbonara, so the decision was clear. Except I didn’t have cream! But I did have cream cheese, so I improvised. The result was creamy and rich, and perhaps a bit less fat as well! Ingredients 2 Tb olive oil and 2 Tb butter 1 cup…
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Canadian Bacon (cured pork loin)
I’ve been curing pork belly for ‘American’ style bacon for over a year now, and thought I would make some ‘Canadian/British/Australian’ style of bacon, which consists of the loin. Over here, you can get either ‘long-cut’ or ‘short-cut’ bacon, which essentially refers to whether the bacon consists of the loin and belly connected, or not,…
Maple, juniper berry and nutmeg cured bacon
I think I found one of the best mix of flavours for my bacon with this recipe. In addition to using the standard cure, I added maple syrup, juniper berry and nutmeg (details below). The bacon below was slow cooked in a pan before resting on some paper towel. For the pork belly, leave…
pizza night!
Home-made pizzas are so much fun…and the girls love to make them…their favorite is bacon and pineapple, and of course we used my home-cured bacon! Pizza dough recipe and toppings below… The dough is the easiest to make…I prefer to make it 1-2 days ahead, if possible, but a few hours is okay. I use…
Simple slow-cooked pasta sauce
Easy easy easy. Sauté 1 Lb (1/2 kg) ground beef with 1 cup diced bacon. Once the beef starts to brown, add in 1 large diced onion. When the onion goes translucent, add in 1/2 head minced garlic. Sauté another 5 minutes and then transfer to a slow cooker. Add in 2 stalks diced celery,…
Bacon, avocado and lettuce brioche sandwich
We had this for lunch today. I cooked up some home-made bacon, sliced it thin, and then served on slices of home-made brioche with avocado, lettuce and garlic aioli. Yum! I would have added tomatoes but we were out.
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