Healthy Homemade Pork Belly Ham for Breakfast

Meaty, juicy and very homemade! Pork ham is very convenient to use instead of sausage for breakfast sandwiches. In addition, it is much healthier because it is made from natural meat!
cook time: 72h
Logan Winslow
Healthy Homemade Pork Belly Ham for Breakfast

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

126
Calories
10g
Fat
9g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Basic:

Salt 70 g
Water 1 l
Bay leaf 2 pc
Hot pepper 1 pc
Carnation 2 pc
Allspice 5 pc
Pork ham 1 kg

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make ham from pork? Prepare the products according to the list. Pour a liter of water into the pan, add salt and all seasonings. Bring to a boil, stir in the salt and let the brine cool. Then strain it through cheesecloth.

Step 2

Step 2
Rinse the meat well. Draw the brine into a disposable syringe. Using a syringe, prick the inside of the meat ham with brine on all sides. The bigger, the better.

Step 3

Step 3
Then place the meat in the remaining brine.

Step 4

Step 4
Press the meat down with a small weight and place it in the refrigerator. It should remain like this for three days.

Step 5

Step 5
During this time, you need to turn it over a couple of times. When the meat is salted, wrap it in cling film and secure with twine.

Step 6

Step 6
Fill a pan with water and place the meatloaf in until it is completely covered with water. Heat the water to 80°-85° degrees, no more. Measure the water temperature with a kitchen thermometer. Cook the ham until the temperature inside the meat loaf reaches 77° degrees. For an elongated piece like mine, cooking took about 2 hours. If you make the loaf more round, then 2.5 hours.

Step 7

Step 7
When the desired temperature is reached, drain the hot water and pour cold water into the pan. Soak the ham in cold water for 5 minutes without removing the film. Remove the ham from the water and place it in the refrigerator until completely chilled, several hours.

Step 8

Step 8
To be honest, the result exceeded expectations. It turned out very tasty. It is very important that the temperature does not rise above the specified parameters, otherwise you will end up with a dryish piece of boiled meat, and not a juicy ham!

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