Smoking Cheese, Buttah and Lox.....oh my!

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cmayna

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Major cold smoking session today with a round of cheese and butter this morning and now doing Lox.....all in my Masterbuilt propane smoker but without the propane.

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3 racks of butter, 1 rack of Mozzarella + Colby Jack cheese.
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I have 3 of these special butter cubes which are made from roasted garlic and butter with thanks for fellow member SmokingVegasBaby for sharing her recipe back in Sept. Here's a link: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/...-butter-everything-is-better-with-more-butter. Thanks Josie!
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6 King Salmon tail pieces being packed in a dry brine for 8 hours consisting of a simple Kosher Salt and Dk brown Sugar 5/6 ratio mix.
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Now they're taking a bath in a wet bath for another 8 hours which consists of water, Kosher Salt, Dk brown sugar, blk peppercorns, dried dill.
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After the bath they were refreshed, sprinkled with more dry dill and then dried in the fridge for 5 hours followed by a room dry under a fan for 3 hours and now into the smoker they go. Will post some finish product pics when they're done in another hour +.
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Forgot to mention that I am using one of my AMNPS's which is located underneath the smoker in a hanging metal shelf which has lots of holes. Using apple for the cheese and alder/apple for the lox.

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Major cold smoking session today with a round of cheese and butter this morning and now doing Lox.....all in my Masterbuilt propane smoker but without the propane.

58cf29f475d1a03a0e6c388518d73959.jpg


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3 racks of butter, 1 rack of Mozzarella + Colby Jack cheese.
295a7cb575e1251978ce24fd48566fbe.jpg


I have 3 of these special butter cubes which are made from roasted garlic and butter with thanks for fellow member SmokingVegasBaby for sharing her recipe back in Sept. Here's a link: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/...-butter-everything-is-better-with-more-butter. Thanks Josie!
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6 King Salmon tail pieces being packed in a dry brine for 8 hours consisting of a simple Kosher Salt and Dk brown Sugar 5/6 ratio mix.
a67f80b93311c98c387c9bd52c9b59f4.jpg


Now they're taking a bath in a wet bath for another 8 hours which consists of water, Kosher Salt, Dk brown sugar, blk peppercorns, dried dill.
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After the bath they were refreshed, sprinkled with more dry dill and then dried in the fridge for 5 hours followed by a room dry under a fan for 3 hours and now into the smoker they go. Will post some finish product pics when they're done in another hour +.
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WOW! I gotta "cold smoke" my roasted garlic butter.  Your salmon looks amazing also. How long did you cold smoke the butter?  I can't wait to see the finished product.

Josie aka SmokinVegasBaby!
 
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