date: 2020-07-14T00:05:52.226Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/6699031624417280/751x532cq70/homemade-pancetta-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/6699031624417280/751x532cq70/homemade-pancetta-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/6699031624417280/751x532cq70/homemade-pancetta-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Todd Wright ratingvalue: 4 reviewcount: 17164 recipeingredient: - "500 grams Pork belly block" - "25 grams Salt I use rock salt from the Lorraine region of France" - "1 Dried herbs I used rosemary thyme basil and oregano" - "1 Black pepper coarsely ground" - "5 Waterabsorbent sheets" - "1 clove Sliced garlic" recipeinstructions: - "Make several holes in the pork belly while cutting through the muscle fiber so that the salt penetrates it easily." - "Rub the salt into the pork." - "Wrap the pork up tightly to trap as little air as possible in the plastic wrap. Put the wrapped pork in a Ziploc bag or plastic bag, and refrigerate for 2 days." - "Two days later, when you remove the plastic wrap, the pork should have produced some moisture. Wipe this off with paper towels." - "Rub the dried herbs and black pepper of your choice into the dried pork. I like it spicy, so I add a lot." - "Wrap the meat tightly in the absorbent sheet (Pichitto) so that as little air as possible is trapped inside. Wrap this up in plastic wrap, put it into a ziplock bag, and refrigerate." - "Change the absorbent sheet every 2 to 3 days. Add the sliced garlic midway through. The pancetta should be cured in about 2 weeks! The meat should turn bright red." - "Brush off the dried herbs, and slice as you like. Freeze any leftovers! Be sure to cook this before eating it!" - "This are the absorbent "Pichitto" sheets I used." - "The pancetta can be used in pasta, soup, or grilled...it is really versatile! See "Rich Minestrone Soup with Homemade Pancetta",. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/158634-thick-minestrone-with-homemade-pancetta" - "This is pancetta and onion soup,. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/150874-onion-soup-with-pancetta" - "It becomes a really nice color." - "Divide into single-use portions and freeze. It's so useful." categories: - Recipe tags: - homemade - pancetta katakunci: homemade pancetta nutrition: 202 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT31M" cooktime: "PT33M" recipeyield: "1" recipecategory: Dinner ---  Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, homemade pancetta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Homemade Pancetta is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It's simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It's appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Homemade Pancetta is something that I have loved my entire life. This homemade pancetta--unsmoked bacon (pork belly)--is cured with salt, sugar, pepper, juniper berries, bay leaves, nutmeg, and thyme. It's an ingredient in many Italian pasta dishes such as. After home-made cheese, homebrew beer and homemade wine; I didn't have any other choice devote myself to cured meats. Today we see how to prepare, season. To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook homemade pancetta using 6 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Homemade Pancetta: 1. Prepare 500 grams Pork belly (block) 1. Make ready 25 grams Salt (I use rock salt from the Lorraine region of France) 1. Make ready 1 Dried herbs (I used rosemary, thyme, basil, and oregano) 1. Prepare 1 Black pepper (coarsely ground) 1. Take 5 Water-absorbent sheets 1. Make ready 1 clove Sliced garlic Using the freshest, and best quality pork belly that you can find is the most important criteria, the rest is easy as pie! If you're interested in making homemade pancetta, but don't know much about curing meats (like me!), you'll love this simple homemade pancetta recipe! With herbs and spices, you can mimic the. Pancetta is Italian bacon, and is cured but not smoked. ##### Steps to make Homemade Pancetta: 1. Make several holes in the pork belly while cutting through the muscle fiber so that the salt penetrates it easily. 1. Rub the salt into the pork. 1. Wrap the pork up tightly to trap as little air as possible in the plastic wrap. Put the wrapped pork in a Ziploc bag or plastic bag, and refrigerate for 2 days. 1. Two days later, when you remove the plastic wrap, the pork should have produced some moisture. Wipe this off with paper towels. 1. Rub the dried herbs and black pepper of your choice into the dried pork. I like it spicy, so I add a lot. 1. Wrap the meat tightly in the absorbent sheet (Pichitto) so that as little air as possible is trapped inside. Wrap this up in plastic wrap, put it into a ziplock bag, and refrigerate. 1. Change the absorbent sheet every 2 to 3 days. Add the sliced garlic midway through. The pancetta should be cured in about 2 weeks! The meat should turn bright red. 1. Brush off the dried herbs, and slice as you like. Freeze any leftovers! Be sure to cook this before eating it! 1. This are the absorbent "Pichitto" sheets I used. 1. The pancetta can be used in pasta, soup, or grilled...it is really versatile! See "Rich Minestrone Soup with Homemade Pancetta",. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/158634-thick-minestrone-with-homemade-pancetta 1. This is pancetta and onion soup,. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/150874-onion-soup-with-pancetta 1. It becomes a really nice color. 1. Divide into single-use portions and freeze. It's so useful. With herbs and spices, you can mimic the. Pancetta is Italian bacon, and is cured but not smoked. It is one of the recipes in the book that has a short open-air drying time, and is reasonably. Pancetta is cured pork belly, the Italian equivalent of bacon. Unlike American bacon, however, pancetta is cured with a variety of herbs, spices, and garlic, and is left unsmoked. So that is going to wrap it up for this exceptional food homemade pancetta recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I'm confident you can make this at home. There's gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!