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Horse casings
This being the Middle East, hog casings are pretty hard to come by but my casings supplier has horse casings (go figure). Has anyone used them before? Do you have any experience with them? They're much thicker than beef and hog casings so any thoughts about drying time? Stuffing capacity? -
Salami Cacciatore
Got it! Thanks. I tend to agree with you. I've only done a couple of batches so far but in both cases I thought the texture at 30% weight loss was too soft for my liking. I think I might do what you did. How much of an issue is case hardening at these low humidities? Correct me if I'm wrong... -
Salami Cacciatore
Hi atomicsmoke i plan on trying this recipe (scaled to about 10 kg) this week but my question is: why did you dry it all the way to 45% weight loss when the recipe calls for 30%. does it have to do with the amount of water you used to dissolve the culture? The packet usually suggests using... -
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Saucisson Sec drying too fast despite high humidity
thanks! but it's useless if it doesn't work right Here's the coppa. Went in yesterday and got a spray of mold. holding temps at 25C for 24 hours to encourage mold growth then dropping it down to 12-15C. initial weight on 08/11/2015: 2384g -
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Saucisson Sec drying too fast despite high humidity
Dan, I'm not sure what you mean by mods? Here's what my set up looks like if this helps There's a huge difference between the readings on the humidity controler and the hygrometer which is why I wanted to add a smal fan to get the air moving and hopefully balance it out throughout. This... -
Saucisson Sec drying too fast despite high humidity
I checked how the fan works and it turns out it sucks warm air from the chamber, sends it over the cooling plate, and then out a channel through the back end of the fridge back into the chamber. I'm afraid if i completely unplug the fan the cold air won't circulate. I increased the hysteresis on... -
Saucisson Sec drying too fast despite high humidity
The fridge i'm using is one of those vertical coolers with the glass door. There's a relatively big fan at the top that blows cold dry/air from the cooling plate directly onto the product but it's only on for 30-45 seconds once every 5 minutes or so. The humidity drops down to about 70-75% and... -
Saucisson Sec drying too fast despite high humidity
Thanks atomicsmoke & Chef JimmyJ! I had another piece last night and it tasted fine. As far as texture is concerned, im not too happy so i might let it dry a little more like you both suggest. i'm gonna fine tune my drying chamber temperature and humidity with a computer fan cs i don't think i'm... -
Saucisson Sec drying too fast despite high humidity
Thanks Dave. Taking the added water into account, it only makes a difference of a few percentage points which have been accounted for now. Even now, i'm surprised that it dried so fast. It's been 15 days. I managed to take some pictures so please let me know what you think in terms of color (its... -
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