Salting the belly in brine

Prepare delicious homemade bacon! Relatives will appreciate it! Try salting the belly (and this is nothing but fat from the lower part of the pork carcass - from the belly) according to this recipe - it's quite simple and very tasty! What is needed both as a snack for a festive feast, and just for sandwiches on weekdays.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 11 % 4 g
Fats 86 % 31 g
Carbohydrates 3 % 1 g
294 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 3 d 1 h 35 min

1. Wash the belly (podcherevok).
2. Peel one head of garlic, cut each clove into plates.
3. Pour water into a saucepan, add salt to it, stir until it dissolves. Put the garlic in the same place and lower the belly.
4. Cover the lard in the brine with a lid, put a load on it. Put it in the refrigerator for three days.
5. Time has passed - remove the lard from the brine, blot it with a paper towel.
6. Spread the food wrap on the table, sprinkle it with spices. Peel the garlic and squeeze it out through a press, spread evenly over the surface of the film.
7. Put the salted belly on a film with spices and garlic, wrap it and put it in the freezer for an hour. After that, it can be cut into portions and served to the table.

Store the belly in the freezer. Bon appetit!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240   kcal/100g
  • Podcherevok pork - 630   kcal/100g

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