Quatre Épices Homemade Bacon | America's Test Kitchen

Ingredients

• ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
• ⅓ cup Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons ground allspice
• 2 tablespoons ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon coarsely ground pepper
• 2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons ground juniper
• ¾ teaspoon pink curing salt
• 1 bay leaf, crumbled
• 1 (4-pound) skinless pork belly
• 5 (3-inch) wood chunks
• 1 (13 by 9-inch) disposable aluminum pan