Today we are making Italian ham, Prosciutto!! Making prosciutto at home is actually quite easy. You only need salt, a drying place, and a TON of patience!! A typical prosciutto will take roughly 400 days from start to finish. You can let it go longer (if oyu want) for a more complex pork flavor. In …
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 …
Making salami is an incredible experience that can be very rewarding. If you want to read about the different processes involved in making salami be sure to check out this post on making Genoa Salami. In order to make a smoked salami the only thing we need to do is add smoke to the process. …
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 …
Are you ready for one of the most popular salami in America. The Genoa Salami. This salami is incredible. Delicately seasoned, fermented, and dried to form a charcuterie that is a work of art. The process of making Salami is straight forward. It’s a series of processes that generally don’t change. If you follow my …
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