· James Torr · Personal  · 1 min read

Bacon. Not something I've done a lot of but we do get through a decent amount of it, and often disappointed by butcher purchased bacon, even Dave "Bacon King" Ovett, (Open Market) of Brighton isn't their best product. Their cheese is amazing value though. Just happened to have some mosaic pellet hops ground down in the mortar, added some juniper berries and black pepper, roughly crushed. Flakes of laurel brought back from Croatia were added, even though we've a ton left over from the wall falling off our house a few months ago onto a laurel tree out the side.

Bacon.

Bacon. Not something I’ve done a lot of but we do get through a decent amount of it, and often disappointed by butcher purchased bacon, even Dave “Bacon King” Ovett, (Open Market) of Brighton isn’t their best product. Their cheese is amazing value though. Just happened to have some mosaic pellet hops ground down in the mortar, added some juniper berries and black pepper, roughly crushed. Flakes of laurel brought back from Croatia were added, even though we’ve a ton left over from the wall falling off our house a few months ago onto a laurel tree out the side. Finally, chopped garlic and dry cure (salt, cure, sugar). Will leave this for a week and smoke.

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