This recipes serves 5-6 people well. It takes a little bit of work in preparation, but the result is well worth it. If your bacon is salty, soak it in cold water overnight. Discard the water the next day. I have seen a similar recipe that adds a glass of white wine to the bacon when boiling it – haven’t tried this yet but let me know how you get on if you do.
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Ingredients
- 1.2kg back bacon
- 4 large carrots, roughly sliced
- 2 onions, quartered
- 3 sticks celery, roughly chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- a few sprigs of fresh parsley
- 4 black peppercorns
- 4 tbsp runny honey
- 1 tbsp grainy mustard
- finely grated rind of half an orange
- 1-2 tbsps freshly squeezed orange juice
- 20 cloves
To Cook
Put the bacon in a large saucepan with the vegetables, bay leaf, parsley and peppercorns. Cover with cold water and slowly bring to the boil. Skim off any scum, and simmer gently for 40 minutes.
Remove from the heat and leave the bacon to cool in the water for about 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 200ºC / gas 6.
Carefully trim the rind off the fat. Score the fat into large diamonds with a sharp knife, and stud the diamonds with the cloves.
In a small bowl mix together the honey, mustard, orange rind and enough juice to provide a spreadable mixture. Spread the bacon with the glaze.
Bake for 30 minutes.
We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers. Pat is a 5th generation butcher, cook book author and the director of James Whelan Butchers with shops in Clonmel, the Avoca Handweavers Rathcoole and Kilmacanogue, Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt, Rathmines and Swords in Dublin. Sign up to our newsletter for more updates from James Whelan Butchers
Yes there is no problem using this recipe for dry cured back bacon