Canadian Bacon with Maple

[jjliver]

Hey all,  I plan on using Habs recipe for a dry cure for some CB.  It's about a 3 1/2 pound piece.  What's the best way to add maple flavoring? 

thanks

[Grouperman941]

I have had good results just adding good maple syrup to the cure bags.

Worked for CB, but not so well for belly bacon.

[Habanero Smoker]

Hi jjliver;

Welcome to the forum.

In addition to what Grouperman941 stated, if you can find granulated or powdered maple sugar; used that instead of the brown sugar and use 1.5 teaspoons per pound. When you take the Canadian bacon out of the smoker give it a coating of some warmed maple syrup on all sides. I've never tried the following, but maybe cutting down on the amount of garlic an onion powder may also bring out the maple flavor more.

[manfromplaid]

I have used both the brown sugar and the maple sugar versions. because maple is a mild flavor  IMO you might be better off to apply maple syurp as a glaze to get more flavor.

[Salmonsmoker]

I have used maple sugar in my cure when making CB with excellent results.

[jjliver]

Thanks for the thoughts guys!!  We'll see how it goes