Thanks to Franco's fantastic bacon cure, my family is totally hooked on home-made bacon. We had some of the shop bought stuff yesterday, and it was disgusting in comparison. Never again!
So, now i'd like to experiment with some flavours. If I wanted to add a maple syrup flavour, when would be the best time to do this? After rubbing in the cure (which already contains demerrara sugar), or after the cure is complete and i've washed the bacon of any excess cure?
Has anyone got any other suggestions? I've heard that juniper berries are a popular flavouring.