My first Maple Canadian Bacon

BareBones · September 04, 2009, 08:29:51 AM

Well, it looks good so far. I will let it sit in the fridge for a couple days and then slice it up.

Bradley Maple flavored cure
Hight Quality maple syrup
12 day cure
3 hrs maple smoke@220, continuing the cook until an IT of 154

I "mostly" followed MW's recipe and cooking method with a bit of Hab's thrown in. It's all about making it your own, right? ... I'll post some sliced pics later.

Ignore the string, I barely know how to tie my shoes! ;D

Mr Walleye · September 04, 2009, 09:40:36 AM

That right there is some fine lookin' bacon BareBones! ;)

The toughest part is the waiting....

Great job!

Mike

smokeitall · September 04, 2009, 11:01:43 AM

Wow great job there. Walleye is right the hardest part is the wait. Mine are always waiting with a couple of slices missing though :D

muzzletim · September 04, 2009, 11:12:07 AM

Man that stuff looks great! I licked my computer screen and it tastes as good as it looks! LOL

OU812 · September 04, 2009, 03:22:11 PM

Nice job on the bacon makes me want some Egg Benedict

mikecorn.1 · September 04, 2009, 07:31:14 PM

:o that looks absolutely deslish. wish i had a little slice right about now.

BareBones · September 05, 2009, 08:14:57 AM

All I can say is WOW! The bacon turned out great!

I can't believe how easy this was to make. The maple flavor is just enough... looks like breakfast tomorrow is going to be fantastic!

All sliced up and ready to go! Off to the Food Saver! (note the jealous onlooker :o ;D)

squirtthecat · September 05, 2009, 08:16:03 AM

Looks great! What was your 'spin' on the original recipes? I want to try this out this Fall... (if not sooner)

BareBones · September 05, 2009, 08:53:50 AM

I combined Habs and MW's methods so probably the biggest difference in my method was that combination. After the cure and soak I let it sit in the fridge for about 20 hours and didn't put it right into the smoker(Habs). After that I slathered it in maple syrup and gave it a good massage while the smoker came up to temp 150(MW). I do use my food saver for marinating and curing so I am not sure if that has any impact on the end results or not. It has worked great for me so far.

Btw, there is very little saltiness to the bacon! This was the first time I've used the Bradley cures so I wasn't sure what I was going to get. A+ so far.

squirtthecat · September 05, 2009, 08:58:18 AM

Sounds great, thanks!

Tenpoint5 · September 05, 2009, 09:03:50 AM

Sure looks good all sliced up.

FLBentRider · September 05, 2009, 03:56:57 PM

That is some fine looking CB there BB.

Caribou · September 06, 2009, 07:48:41 AM

Those look fantastic Barebones!
Got to add that to my "to do" list :)
Carolyn

BareBones · September 06, 2009, 10:53:31 AM

I have a feeling that I will be putting it on my to do list (again) in the very near future! This batch went quick and was a hit!

OU812 · September 08, 2009, 06:24:24 AM

Quote from: BareBones on September 06, 2009, 10:53:31 AM
I have a feeling that I will be putting it on my to do list (again) in the very near future! This batch went quick and was a hit!

To do again and again and again and again :D

My first Maple Canadian Bacon

squirtthecat

squirtthecat