Dry cure German salami

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cdn offroader

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Nov 14, 2013
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St Albert, AB
Mixed in pork and beef with salt, cure and sugar, into the fridge overnight


View media item 367412emainder of spices added, with some wine and starter


Pressed into a beef bung(according to the recipe


final salami, was a bit oversized so i diveded it into 2, and now sitting in the oven at 80* 90% humidity to incubate. 


Will be getting 3 sessions of light smoke after this, then into the basement to age.
 
Hey Guys, nothing fancy, following the Len Poli, Smoked Salami - German American style. I realized after it was all stuffed that I had forgotten to add the garlic
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, other than that, everything is the same 
 
Hi CDN Offroader....

What's your temp and humidity....12% in a couple of days seem pretty fast...especially for a beef bung?
 
Hey Dingo, been following the recipe exactly, currently sitting at 60*F / 60% rh. I think it was the 3 smoking sessions that caused it to dry out quick, casing still feels soft
 
I've been down that path with Len's recipes.... Take this with a grain of salt... I would up your RH to 80% for the next few days.... Then back it down to 70%. Until you get your weightloss. With a large casing like that 60% is to low. hTH
 
Lookin good....I rarely get any white mold on my smoked product....looking forward to the first cut!
 
Well, recipe said to dry to 25%, so I decided to give in and give one of them a sample, here it is.



The smell is a delicious, smoky, tangy salami. Flavour is bang on what I was looking for, really good tang(wish I had remembered to put in the garlic). Consistency is closer to "deli meat" salami than dried salami, so I resealed the end in deli paper and gonna let it get down to about 30% loss and try it again. So far so good
 
Hey CDN Offroader, I finally found someone who has posted their experience making this recipe.  Yours looked great.  I have a question and hopefully you're still on here to answer: The recipe called for mixing the salts and the two meats (I used pork butt @ 60% and Venison @ 40%) and placing in fridge at 39 degrees F for two days.  Did you do this step?  If so, did your meats stiffen and darken during this process?  I ask because mine has stiffened after one day and I'm not sure how one can stuff into casings after mixing with the meat stiffened. 

PS: I'm sending this to you via message as well

Thanks in advance,

WilliB
 
Willi-B, morning....    What I and others do is.....   Mix the meat, spices, cure etc. thoroughly, then immediately stuff into the casing, while you can still work it....  then place in the fridge for the first step in aging for 2-3 days or whatever...    More easier if one does that... 

Dave
 
Thanks Dave and CDN. Too late though as I've already did the 2 day cure at 39 degrees F and am now getting ready to follow the rest of Len's recipe. I'm sure it'll be fun mixing the stiff meat.

CDN, did you follow his incubation temps of 86 to 90 degree F? I thought bactoferm tsp-x couldn't be done above 75 degrees F. He says to smoke at 86 F as well 3 hrs/day for 3 days then dry at 60F at 60% H until 25% weight loss. Did you follow the rest of his instructions to a T?

Thanks again,

WilliB
 
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