Day 66-16 : Thursday 28th May, 2020

Breakfast: Bacon Sandwich with the new cure
Lunch: Scotch Egg and Pickles
Dinner: Burrata amd Tomatoes, Garlic Flatbread, Pizza
Dessert: Honey Ice Cream, Meringue & Strawberries

Back Bacon

Streaky

Bacon Sandwich

Breakfast: Our new home cure is ready. Back bacon & Streaky. The cure is made of Salt, a very little sugar, a sprinkle of Italian Salt for Meats (rosemary/fennel/oregano), Prague Powder No. 1, and a good sprinkle of ground black pepper. It was very good, if not perfect. I think it will be our 'house' cure

Lunch: Shop bought scotch eggs

Scoth Eggs

Dinner: Burrata & Tomatoes, Garlic Flatbread. Pizza. We had a lovely visit from our friend Ingrid and had Pizza in the garden. I took the opportunity of cooking my own pizza in the Monolith and the other 2 were cooked in the Ooni 3

Ooni wins hands down! The Monolith version was cooked with the stone at 370c and a good draw on the coals to give some top heat - but by the time the top was getting brown the pizza base became very tough. I will do some research and try again, but glad we have the Ooni

I cook on the Ooni with Oak chunks and charcoal which I prefer to wood pellets. The other 2 pizzas turned out well ( Passata / green pepper / onion / mushroom / gorgonzola / mozzarella )

Dessert: Honey Ice Cream, made with Essex Honey

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