The Perfect Lardons

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    48 pieces

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Bacon Bible

By Peter Sherman and Stephanie Banyas

Published 2019

  • About

Lardons is just a fancy word for slab bacon that is sliced into matchsticks. Lardons were originally used to add fat and richness to lean cuts of meat before roasting or braising. Cut into thin matchsticks (there’s some debate among chefs as to the appropriate dimensions, but about ¼ inch (6 mm) thick by 1 inch (2.5 cm) long seems to be the way to go, for me), the lardons could be inserted right into the meat itself. Appropriately enough, this process is called larding! Becaus