Homemade Pancetta

Name: Homemade Pancetta
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 120 h
Total time: 120 h 30 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 10 lbs 4.5 kg Pork Belly, with or without skin; 4.8 ounces/135 grams sea salt (or at least 3% the weight of the meat); 2 teaspoons/12 grams pink curing salt (Instacure no. 1 * see notes); 1/4 cup/50 grams packed brown sugar **see notes; 1/4 cup/20 grams red pepper flakes (crushed); 3 Tablespoons/18 grams black peppercorns (toasted and coarsely cracked); 2 Tablespoons/10 grams garlic powder (or 8-10 fresh cloves, peeled and crushed); 2 Tablespoons/10 grams dried thyme leaves (or 10 sprigs fresh thyme); 8 bay leaves (crumbled); 1/2 cup 48 grams cracked black pepper