Fatback Joe
10-02-2017, 10:13 AM
Seems like in the world of charcuterie there is a name for damn near everything so there is probably something more fitting than what I put in the title, but I took a recipe that I liked and added some smoke so......
Recipe
Pork
1.63% Sea Salt
.5% Sugar
.25% Cure #2
.19% Crushed Red Pepper
.1% White Pepper
.07% Black Peppercorns
1.85% Red Wine
FLC starter culture.
The dry seasonings
https://i.imgur.com/oPwlYG8.jpg?1
Gave it a mix for a couple of minutes before adding the wine and the starter.
https://i.imgur.com/1ZDy19C.jpg?1
In the hopper with beef middles for the casing.
https://i.imgur.com/WUc34NN.jpg?1
Planned on uniform sizes, but blowouts happen.
https://i.imgur.com/JBK90lN.jpg?1
A few months back, I started messing around with sous vide fermentation and have really become a fan of it. Pretty much fool proof. 72 hours at 80 degrees.
https://i.imgur.com/oXxCkw1.jpg?1
After 72 hours, took them out of the bag, rinsed, dried, and into the smoker for a little cold smoke. Had the Stumps out so went with that. Cherry wood for the smoke, I didn't note the time but it was around 4 hours as best I remember.
https://i.imgur.com/5XXjApl.jpg?1
From the smoker went into the curing chamber at 55 degrees and 75% RH. Didn't weigh them, but went strictly by feel. Yesterday seemed like the day.
https://i.imgur.com/1DzAaWu.jpg?1
Little bit of hardening. I suspect it was from when my humidifier ran out of water for a bit. :icon_blush: Sliced the small one up and vacced the others to let them even out a bit in the fridge.
https://i.imgur.com/sCZJOvM.jpg?1
Pretty happy with things. The smoke was a great addition to things.
Recipe
Pork
1.63% Sea Salt
.5% Sugar
.25% Cure #2
.19% Crushed Red Pepper
.1% White Pepper
.07% Black Peppercorns
1.85% Red Wine
FLC starter culture.
The dry seasonings
https://i.imgur.com/oPwlYG8.jpg?1
Gave it a mix for a couple of minutes before adding the wine and the starter.
https://i.imgur.com/1ZDy19C.jpg?1
In the hopper with beef middles for the casing.
https://i.imgur.com/WUc34NN.jpg?1
Planned on uniform sizes, but blowouts happen.
https://i.imgur.com/JBK90lN.jpg?1
A few months back, I started messing around with sous vide fermentation and have really become a fan of it. Pretty much fool proof. 72 hours at 80 degrees.
https://i.imgur.com/oXxCkw1.jpg?1
After 72 hours, took them out of the bag, rinsed, dried, and into the smoker for a little cold smoke. Had the Stumps out so went with that. Cherry wood for the smoke, I didn't note the time but it was around 4 hours as best I remember.
https://i.imgur.com/5XXjApl.jpg?1
From the smoker went into the curing chamber at 55 degrees and 75% RH. Didn't weigh them, but went strictly by feel. Yesterday seemed like the day.
https://i.imgur.com/1DzAaWu.jpg?1
Little bit of hardening. I suspect it was from when my humidifier ran out of water for a bit. :icon_blush: Sliced the small one up and vacced the others to let them even out a bit in the fridge.
https://i.imgur.com/sCZJOvM.jpg?1
Pretty happy with things. The smoke was a great addition to things.