Today we are dry curing some beef in our home refrigerator. I will confess that this is not my favorite way to do this but anyone looking to preserve meat without all of the associated cost of a drying chamber, this way is brilliant!! The secret to this method is a wrap from the sausage …
Today I’m going to show you how to make the Italian Beef sandwich. This is a great sandwich that originated in Chicago around the 30’s and has become a Chicago food staple. I remember my first Italian beef sandwich experience in Chicago in March of 2006. It was in a restaurant called Al’s. After standing …
Today we are going to attempt to make an Italian classic charcuterie even better using a $1 steak. In this project we will be taking an eye of round, dry aging it, curing it, then drying it in a controlled environment. In the world of charcuterie there are many facets. Fresh sausages, smoked, emulsified, fermented …
