After finishing up the holiday smoking, I thought I'd post up one of my cooks. Since I saved my Spring Chinook for cold smoking, I picked up 3 fillets of Alaskan Sockeye. Skin, remove brown fat, and eliminate as many bones as possible. Toss in freezer for an hour and then thru coarse plate once. To that I added.
1.5% SALT
. 25% CURE #1
.3% Black pepper
.2% Granulated garlic
.2% Smoked paprika
5.0% Pure maple syrup (50 ml per kilo)
Stuffed into lamb casings and refer overnight. Next day 1 hr@100 no smoke. 1hr @ 120 with alder in pellet tray. 1hr@130 with smoke. Removed and vac packed into sous vide @140 for 80 minutes. Bloomed, rested overnight in refer and packaged.
Things to modify on next batch. Up salt to 1.75%, and add a little water to aid in stuffing. Stuffer with 12mm tube was straining!
1.5% SALT
. 25% CURE #1
.3% Black pepper
.2% Granulated garlic
.2% Smoked paprika
5.0% Pure maple syrup (50 ml per kilo)
Stuffed into lamb casings and refer overnight. Next day 1 hr@100 no smoke. 1hr @ 120 with alder in pellet tray. 1hr@130 with smoke. Removed and vac packed into sous vide @140 for 80 minutes. Bloomed, rested overnight in refer and packaged.
Things to modify on next batch. Up salt to 1.75%, and add a little water to aid in stuffing. Stuffer with 12mm tube was straining!