IT’S hard to believe bacon could possibly taste any better, but one local producer has mastered the art of turning pork belly into quite possibly the most delicious bacon in the country.
George Francisco from Voodoo Bacon has taken the humble, but much-loved, breakfast meat and turned it into an artisanal delight that will make mouths water.
George hails from the home of “bacon love”, Mississippi, deep in the southern states of the US and at the tender age of 15 he started his chef apprenticeship.
It was on an excursion to a bacon producer that kick started his love with Southern-style dry cured, smoked bacon that he now offers to Noosa through Belmondos Organic Market.
“I marvelled at how a simple combination of sugar, salt, spices and smoke could turn an ordinary pork belly into an extraordinary delicious slab of bacon,” he said.
“The smell of all that bacon smoking still lingers as one of the best of my food memories. I made my own bacon from that day forward.”
After moving to Australia in 2001 and working in some of the region’s best restaurants, George said he loved creating dishes with the new, exciting ingredients, but there was just one thing he missed.
“As I talked to Australians it seemed unanimous that the one thing North Americans had that Australians didn’t was this different and extremely different bacon,” George said.
“That was how the concept of Voodoo Bacon was born; deep in the heart of a man from the deep south.
“Some people say there must be some voodoo on this bacon. How can pork belly taste this good? It’s because Voodoo Bacon contains the magic of the South.”
George and his range of Voodoo Bacon are the newest additions to the iconic Belmondos Organic Market in Noosaville where locals can finally taste the magic that is Voodoo Bacon.
Voodoo Bacon can be enjoyed thinly sliced for breakfast or make the most of the salty, sweet and smoky flavour by dicing or slicing the bacon and adding it to the family’s favourite dishes such as pasta.
George’s Voodoo Bacon is made from 100 per cent Australian pork, is nitrate and chemical free, is cured using organic ingredients, smoked using pure applewood and is made with “love and magic” in Noosa.
Voodoo Bacon is now available at Belmondos Organic Market, 59 Rene Street, Noosaville.
