Boiled Bacon With Garlic Orange Sauce Recipe

1. 1

   Put the bacon joint in a pan of cool water, bring to the boil, simmer for a few min and then remove the joint and throw away the water.

2. 2

   Return the bacon to the pan, add in all the orange juice and sufficient water to cover the joint by about 1 inch.

3. 3

   Put in the spices, garlic and bay leaves.

4. 4

   If the pickling spice mix you add in includes less than 6 whole cloves, make up to which number.

5. 5

   Cover the pan, and once it is simmering, cook the joint for 25 min per lb.

6. 6

   plus 25 min.

7. 7

   About 20 min before the time is up, strain off 1/2 pint (300ml)

8. 8

   of the cooking liquid, remove all the garlic cloves, and reserve them.

9. 9

   Add in the orange rind to the strained liquid and poach gently.

10. 10

    Then add in the garlic cloves and keep hot while you slice the bacon.

11. 11

    Reheat the sauce and just before serving, add in the parsley.

12. 12

    Be sure the sauce is served over the meat slices, so the parsley and garlic cloves remain on them and the orange sauce spreads on to the plate to frame each portion.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.