First cold smoked bacon

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GrandNagus7

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After a very successful cold smoked salmon in my new Cedar smokehouse I thought I would give bacon a crack.

7 days curing, now about 30 hours in the fridge to dry off ready for a Saturday smoke!
One with skin on and one with off to experiment.

Wish there was a little less fat but that came down to the cut I could get at the time.
Wish me luck!
 

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That is a little short on the cure time, most of us cure our bacon for 2 weeks. So will be interested in seeing the end product!
Al
 
Like Al, I think 7 days is a little short on curing time (especially for a cold smoke). They don't look very big, though, so you may be ok...
 
Thanks guys.

From memory I think they are about 50mm thick. I will do a cold smoke tomorrow, let it sit and fry some up to test.

How long do you guys normally let it sit for after a cold smoke? There are so many different ways people doing it from instantly frying it up to waiting a few days for the smoke to penetrate the meat.

I did 5 days with smoked cheese and about 30 hours for salmon.
 
Thanks guys.

From memory I think they are about 50mm thick. I will do a cold smoke tomorrow, let it sit and fry some up to test.

How long do you guys normally let it sit for after a cold smoke? There are so many different ways people doing it from instantly frying it up to waiting a few days for the smoke to penetrate the meat.

I did 5 days with smoked cheese and about 30 hours for salmon.
The smoke will probably have penetrated as much as it will anyway (depending on how long you smoke). I let it "air" in the fridge overnight to actually mellow out so it's not TOO smokey before slicing, cooking or packaging.
Same with cheese. I put it in an open 2 gal. zip lock bag so it can air out overnight in the fridge, no longer than that or the surface gets dry. After vac sealing it sits for at least a month aging and mellowing before eating.
Never done salmon...
 
C
The smoke will probably have penetrated as much as it will anyway (depending on how long you smoke). I let it "air" in the fridge overnight to actually mellow out so it's not TOO smokey before slicing, cooking or packaging.
Same with cheese. I put it in an open 2 gal. zip lock bag so it can air out overnight in the fridge, no longer than that or the surface gets dry. After vac sealing it sits for at least a month aging and mellowing before eating.
Never done salmon...

Can you cover bacon like with salmon? Afraid it’s gunna stink out the fridge.
 
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