Pepperoni is a great sausage to make. If you search the web you’ll find lots of ways to prepare pepperoni with each way giving this sausage a unique flavor and texture. Todays recipe will closely resemble store bought pepperoni (but better). This method of making pepperoni is considered advanced sausage
Pepperoni
October 15, 2020
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Mexican Salami – Fermented using Sauerkraut Juice
Making salami is a thing of beauty. The ability to utilize seasonings, bacteria, and time to create a product that is not only shelf stable but incredibly delicious (sometimes). Under normal circumstances I use commercially bought starter cultures. They are predictable and turn out a great product, but I sure
The importance of accurate pH in salami testing
Salami pH is one of the “safety hurdles” that needs to be achieved when making a fermented sausage. Regardless of the type of salami you plan on making your pH must be below 5.3. This is considered the safe zone. Recently we were making some very unusual salami (nothing new
How to eliminate mold growth from your charcuterie
Quite often we asked about mold control on charcuterie. Mold is something that we should take seriously, especially if you are going to be eating it. Mold spores are everywhere and unless you are a mycologist and can differentiate between the good mold and the dangerous mold I wouldn’t risk
Landjäger
A Hunter’s Sausage. Landjäger is an amazing piece of charcuterie. It’s delicious, extremely portable, and keeps very well. In this recipe we will be cold smoking for about 8 hours using Bella’s Cold Smoke Generator by Smokin-it. This cold smoker can generate up to 10 hours of true cold smoke
T-SPX Salami Starter Culture
Welcome to the Salami Starter Culture Series. Today we are talking about the culture T-SPX. This starter culture is used in fermented sausages to acidify the salami and enhance it’s aroma, color, flavor, and texture. T-SPX is considered slow fermenting culture and the combination of bacteria used in this starter