Canadian Bacon

tarheelmatt · January 2016

We love Canadian bacon so I decided to make some as a grocery store had pork loin on sale. Used Ruhlman's recipe and another to make it (I really added some maple syrup, thyme, lemons, garlic, bay leaf, sugar, curing salt).

It's pretty tasty. I should have likely trimmed some of the fat cap off, but I didn't.

Went with apple for smoke, Rockwood for fuel. Went 200° until 140° internal.

1 - On the Egg

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2 - Slicked and cooking up some samples...

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3 - Sliced and packed....

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4 - Sample

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Thanks for taking a look!

Chubbs · January 2016

Nice work! Look solid. I have a loin in freezer. Guess what I am making?

bgebrent · January 2016

Looks great Matt, really great! Nice work brother.

JohnnyTarheel · January 2016

Awesome job Matt. Looks solid and tasty !!!

tarheelmatt · January 2016

Chubbs said:

Nice work! Look solid. I have a loin in freezer. Guess what I am making?

@Chubbs it will not disappoint. My wife loves it!

Here's one source.... http://ruhlman.com/2011/02/canadian-bacon-brining-basics/

And the other - http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/homemade-maple-canadian-bacon-smoker-optional/

tarheelmatt · January 2016

bgebrent said:

Looks great Matt, really great! Nice work brother.

Thanks buddy!

tarheelmatt · January 2016

JohnnyTarheel said:

Awesome job Matt. Looks solid and tasty !!!

Thanks Johnny!

blind99 · January 2016

Awesome! You nailed the breakfast sandwich.

tarheelmatt · January 2016

blind99 said:

Awesome! You nailed the breakfast sandwich.

Thanks man! It was tasty for sure!

Dyal_SC · January 2016

Awesomeness. Most definitely on the to do list after this post.

tarheelmatt · January 2016

Dyal_SC said:

Awesomeness. Most definitely on the to do list after this post.

Ehh!

Mattman3969 · January 2016

Very nice sir!! Going on my list of "must do" ideas.

blasting · January 2016

Looks great - bookmarked. Making the Canadian come out in me.

Now I'm going to put on my toque and muck lucks before I try to replicate.

blasting · January 2016

@tarheelmatt Just looked over the recipes. It seems like a pretty simple process to end up with something as great as that.

Question - what did you shoot for in terms of grate temp?

Canugghead · January 2016

Looks great! I guess the only reason I haven't made Canadian bacon is, when on sale it's as cheap as 'raw' loin

johnmitchell · January 2016

Solid Matt... Loving the biscuit pic..

tarheelmatt · January 2016

Mattman3969 said:

Very nice sir!! Going on my list of "must do" ideas.

Thanks Matt!

blasting said:

@tarheelmatt Just looked over the recipes. It seems like a pretty simple process to end up with something as great as that.

Question - what did you shoot for in terms of grate temp?

It's not overly complex at all. Just takes a little time with the cure process, etc.
Grate temp was running at 200°.

Canugghead said:

Looks great! I guess the only reason I haven't made Canadian bacon is, when on sale it's as cheap as 'raw' loin

Thanks! Some like the inner tenderloins better, I prefer the backstrap in most cases, but when it's on sale, and that's often, I like the inner too!

johnmitchell said:

Solid Matt... Loving the biscuit pic..

Thanks John!

northGAcock · January 2016

tarheelmatt · January 2016

northGAcock said:

Thanks Robin!

DoubleEgger · January 2016

Very solid Matt

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