Bacon, to Boil

Ingredients

• a nice piece of the back
• sufficient cold water to cover it
• thickly with breadcrumbs
• a weak solution of gelatine
• a little cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Soak the bacon for 1-2 hours, then cover with cold water and bring to a slow boil, skimming carefully.

2. 2

   Simmer until cooked, allowing 25 minutes per pound.

3. 3

   Remove skin, cover with breadcrumbs, and let cool.

4. 4

   Optionally press between plates for a compact joint and glaze before crumbing.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "Queen" cookery books: Breakfast and Lunch Dishes (1904) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bacon, to Boil. — For this choose a nice piece of the back (in contradiction to fried or broiled bacon, which should always be taken from the streaky part), having the fat and the lean pretty equally divided soak it, if possible, for an hour or two, then put it on with sulGBcient cold water to cover it, allow it to come very slowly to the boil, skimming it carefully as it does so, and then draw it to the side of the stove and allow it to simmer very slowly till cooked you should allow twenty-five minutes to the pound at least from the time the water boils up. When done lift it out, strip off the skin (this should go to help the stock-pot), strew thickly with breadcrumbs 78 BREAKFAST AND LUNCH DISHES. or raspings, and leave it till cold. Some people prefer, after skinning the bacon, to press it like a brisket of beef between two dishes or plates with a weight on top. This makes a more compact and neater joint, but when the dish is removed the top •of the bacon must be lightly brushed over with very thin glaze, or even a weak solution of gelatine (or aspic if liked), and thickly crumbed as before. (If a piece of bacon lasts too long, it is veiy easy to serve some of it en rechauffe in this way: Slice it down thinly, sprinkle each slice generously with seasoned ■breadcrumbs to which you have added a little cayenne

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