Lardon, 500g

Artisan Bacon Lardons 500g is a 500g pack of dry-cured bacon lardons from high-welfare British pigs. Lardons are small cubes of cured pork belly — the essential building block of classical French and British cooking. In particular, a good lardon does two things in a dish. It provides rich, savoury pork flavour. Furthermore, it renders fat that becomes the cooking medium. As a result, dishes built on a base of lardons have a depth that is impossible to achieve any other way.

About Our Artisan British Bacon

The bacon and cured pork offered by The Artisan Food Company comes from small, high-welfare British farms. These farms raise pigs slowly, on natural diets, with space to roam outdoors. As a result, the pork develops the fat content and flavour that intensive farming simply cannot replicate. Furthermore, every product in this range is dry-cured using traditional methods. In contrast to the wet-brining used in most commercial bacon, dry-curing draws moisture from the meat. This concentrates the flavour and produces a firm, meaty texture that holds up beautifully in the pan. Additionally, dry-cured bacon shrinks far less during cooking. There is no white liquid pooling in the pan. Instead, you get clean rendered fat and deep, savoury pork flavour.

Good bacon is one of the simplest pleasures in cooking. However, the difference between mass-produced and properly dry-cured artisan bacon is extraordinary. In particular, the combination of quality pork and traditional curing produces a depth of flavour. As a result, even the simplest sandwich or breakfast becomes something genuinely memorable. Moreover, it keeps well refrigerated and rewards patience. In addition, the flavour continues to develop during the curing process.

How to Cook & Serve

To get the very best from Artisan Bacon Lardons 500g:

• Add to a cold pan over a medium heat and render slowly until the fat runs and the lardons are golden.
• As a result, the rendered bacon fat in the pan becomes a flavour base. Use it to cook onions, shallots or vegetables.
• Furthermore, lardons can go straight from the fridge into stews, braises or quiches without pre-cooking.
• Use in classic dishes such as coq au vin, boeuf bourguignon, quiche Lorraine or a warm lentil salad.

Perfect Pairings

Artisan Bacon Lardons 500g pairs beautifully with:

• Quiche Lorraine — the definitive lardon dish, with eggs, cream and Gruyère
• Coq au vin or boeuf bourguignon — lardons are essential to both
• A warm salad of Puy lentils, shallots and Dijon mustard dressing
• Sautéed with garlic as the base for almost any braise, stew or pasta sauce

Storage: Keep refrigerated and use by the date shown. Once opened, keep wrapped and use within 3 days. However, bacon also freezes very well. Simply separate the rashers with baking paper before freezing. As a result, you can take out exactly what you need. Delivered chilled and ready to cook.

However you use it, Artisan Bacon Lardons 500g brings genuine artisan quality to the table. Moreover, once you have tried properly dry-cured bacon, it is very hard to go back.