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Cottage Bacon (Sugar Free)
12 oz / pkg
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$11.90
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- Leaner Shoulder Cut: Round slices from pasture-raised pork shoulder with more meat and less fat
- Sugar-Free and Nitrate-Free: Only pork, water, sea salt, smoke, and celery juice powder—no added sugars
- Hardwood Smoked: Traditional smoking develops authentic flavor without liquid smoke
- From Pasture-Raised Hogs: Raised outdoors on regenerative pastures without GMOs, antibiotics, or hormones
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Looking for a leaner bacon option? Our cottage bacon delivers the smoky, savory taste you love with more meat per slice. We cut it from pasture-raised pork shoulder and smoke it over hardwood using traditional methods. These round slices bring something different to your breakfast table.
What Is Cottage Bacon?
We make our cottage bacon from the pork shoulder instead of the belly, which creates those distinctive round slices with more meat and less fat. We cure and smoke it using traditional hardwood methods for authentic flavor. Looking for sugar-free bacon? This shoulder cut offers a leaner alternative without sacrificing taste.
Leaner Than Traditional Bacon
In our experience, the shoulder naturally contains less fat than the belly, giving you more substantial, meaty slices. This pork shoulder bacon stays tender and flavorful with just enough marbling for richness.
Sugar-Free and Nitrate-Free
We believe in transparency about what goes into your food. Our ingredients are simple: pastured pork, water, sea salt, smoke, and celery juice powder. We don't add sugars, synthetic nitrates, or preservatives. The flavor comes from quality pasture-raised pork and traditional smoking methods.
Cottage Bacon vs. Regular Bacon
The main difference comes down to the cut. Traditional bacon comes from the fatty belly and produces long, crispy strips. We cut ours from the shoulder, creating round slices with more meat. Both get cured and smoked, but shoulder bacon offers a heartier, meatier bite and holds its shape better during cooking.
From Pasture-Raised Heritage Hogs
Our hogs spend their lives outdoors on regenerative pastures where they can root and forage the way nature intended. We never confine them or give them GMOs, antibiotics, or hormones. This ethical approach produces a richer flavor you'll taste from the first bite. Try our Best of Pork Box to experience the full range of what pasture-raised pork offers.
Perfect for Breakfast and Beyond
We've found the round shape works perfectly in breakfast sandwiches. They fit just right on English muffins or bagels. Use them as pizza toppings for even coverage, wrap them around dates for appetizers, or build a better BLT. They work anywhere you'd use traditional bacon, with the bonus of more meat in every slice.
How to Cook Cottage Bacon
We recommend pan-frying over medium heat for 4-8 minutes, flipping once, until you get that golden brown color. For larger batches, oven-bake at 400°F for 10-20 minutes on a parchment-lined sheet, flipping halfway through. We’ve found it cooks faster than belly bacon since there's less fat to render. Compare with our sugar-free pork bacon or browse all our bacon options.
Ingredients
Pastured Pork prepared with up to 20% water solution containing 2% or less of: celery juice powder, sea salt.
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- NO MSG, synthetic nitrates, or sugar
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Blaine's Take on Cottage Bacon
"Our Sugar-Free Cottage Bacon, made from smoked pork shoulder, offers a smoky, savory flavor with a unique, meaty texture. It’s generally considered a slightly leaner alternative to traditional bacon. The easiest way to cook it is slow and in the oven for easy clean-up. When it's done, its shape and size make for a wonderful breakfast sandwich." - Blaine (the 2nd son)
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We use strategic grazing to support animal health, enrich soil, and eliminate the need for harmful synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides.
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We treat animals with care, raising them in low-stress environments with space to move and express natural instincts, while also ensuring humane harvesting.
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Common Questions
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We make it from the pork shoulder rather than the belly, creating round, meaty slices that are leaner than traditional bacon. We cure and smoke it over hardwood just like regular bacon.
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Traditional bacon comes from the fatty belly with long strips. We cut ours from the shoulder for round slices with less fat and more meat. Both get cured and smoked, but shoulder bacon delivers a heartier bite.
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Pan-fry over medium heat for 4-8 minutes, flipping once. For bigger batches, oven-bake at 400°F for 10-20 minutes, flipping halfway. It cooks faster and doesn't shrink as much as belly bacon.
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It's leaner since the shoulder has less fat than the belly. We also keep it sugar-free and nitrate-free, using only pork, water, sea salt, smoke, and celery juice powder.
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You'll recognize that smoky, savory bacon flavor since we cure and smoke both the same way. The difference you'll notice is in the texture; shoulder bacon gives you a more substantial, meaty bite.
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Absolutely. Those round slices fit perfectly in breakfast sandwiches, work great as pizza toppings, and make excellent BLTs. It stays more substantial rather than getting super crispy.
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Our cottage bacon is completely sugar-free. We use only pastured pork, water, sea salt, smoke, and celery juice powder.
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We ship it frozen, and it keeps for up to 1 year in your freezer. Once defrosted, use within 3 days and keep refrigerated.
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