Name: Pork Belly
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 20 grams Hobbs’ Curing Salt (Sources); 60 grams kosher salt; 700 grams pork belly (in one piece); 1 thyme sprig; ½ medium carrot, cut into 1-inch pieces; ½ small leek (white and light green parts only), cut into 1-inch pieces; ½ small onion, cut into 1-inch pieces; 35 grams granulated sugar; 1 liter water; 2 black peppercorns; 1 small bay leaf

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Under Pressure

By Thomas Keller

Published 2008

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Ingredients

Brine

60 grams kosher salt
20 grams Hobbs’ Curing Salt (Sources)

Method

If brining a baby pork belly, adjust the brine ingredients proportionately.

To make the brine, mix the salt, curing salt, and sugar in a large container. Heat about one-quarter of the water and add to the dry mixture, stirring to dissolve the salts and sugar. Add the remaining water and remaining brine ingredients. Chill the brine.

Add the pork