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Dry Cured Bacon recipe, eat well on universal credit

I chose Pork Loin for this as the belly Pork available at the moment is very fatty and doesn’t look overly appealing. So the end result will be Back Bacon. You need to be pretty precise when using Saltpetre so I reduced to weight to almost exactly 1Kg by taking the rind off and cutting a couple of steaks from one end so that we’ll be able to cut even rasters when it has cured.

Rub ingredients:-

22.5g of Pink Salt
22.5g of Sugar
2G of Saltpetre
1 Tsp of Smoked Paprika
1 Tsp of mixed Herbs
1 Tsp of fresh ground Black Pepper.

Method:-

(1) Trim the Pork Loin to as near to 1Kg as possible.
(2) Mix the rub ingredients in a bowl.
(3) Apply the rub evenly over the entire surface.
(4) Place in a tub in the fridge loosely covered.
(5) Turn daily for 3 weeks.

As the meat cures it will loose about 10% of the water content. This accumulates in the tub and will naturally evaporate in the fridge.

See you all in 3 weeks, hopefully with some outstanding Bacon!

 

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Proper Gluten free Pastry recipe, eat well on universal credit

We’ve tried all sorts of recipes. But sometimes the originals are the best.

Ingredients:-

1 ½ Cups (194g) of Plain Flour (Gluten free for us)
1 Tsp of Xanthan Gum.
¼ Tsp of Salt
170g of Salted Butter
1 Egg, beaten
2 Tbsp of cold Water
1 Egg beaten to brush

Method:-

(1) Make sure your Butter is fridge cold.
(2) Add the Flour, Butter and Salt to a large bowl and combine by hand until you have a crumbly texture.
(3) Add the Xanthan Gum and combine by hand.
(4) Add the Beaten Egg and Water a little at a time and combine.
(5) Kneed into a smooth dough ball and place in the fridge covered for 30 minutes.
(6) On a Floured surface roll the dough out so that it is a suitable size and thickness of the Pie casings.
(7) Line the base of the casings and add your cooled cooked filling.
(8) form a lid and glue it in place with a little beaten Egg.
(9) Brush with the remaining beaten Egg and place in a pre-heated oven at 180c.
(10) Cook for 30 to 40 minutes until it is golden brown and your filling is heated through.
(11) Remove carefully from the casings and serve.

The filling of these was Turkey and Leek and a white Sauce. But nobody wants to know about more Turkey at this time of year.

 

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