Name: Guanciale, or Jowl Bacon
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 jowl
Ingredients: 1 large hog jowl, (skin on); Instacure No. 2 ((see above)); kosher salt ((see above)); 1/3 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon garlic powder; 1 tablespoon crushed black pepper; 2 teaspoons dried thyme; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 5 or 6 bay leaves crushed