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Post by smokey on Dec 25, 2013 19:05:26 GMT 10
The day was set and it was happening Arive at 7am down on a farm in the Northern rivers Frank, Tony, Loui, Mark, David had allready broken the 173kg Sow down so I missed a pic of the whole thing. Then It just went like a blur, everyone just grabed a chunk and started sepporating it into three grades Breakfast Sausage, Mince or Smoke sausage, and the high quality required for true six week aged salami. This was breakfast sausage The stuffer we used Tony seen here is a butcher but has not worked in the trade for thirty years but still knows his stuff Lou has a good set up here, everything that is required is here. Working the mince Draining Filling the sheep bungs And me stringing them up for the cool room
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Post by smokey on Dec 25, 2013 20:31:16 GMT 10
That was six weeks ago. And today the fruit Sorry about the pic quality, I buggered it up. I will try to get a better one when I get the slicer out again. This salami is very close to "Finocchiona" or is Finocchiona. Very soft procuto type feel with the kick of garlic, Fennel and red wine. Im happy to sit with making this and this only as it is just so good. The recipe is; 80% Lean quality pork 20 % Back fat and quality fat trimmings. No slimey stuff. Salt 3% Cure # 2 (as per proper ratios) or 12 G per 5 KG bulk mix sugar 0.4% white pepper Black pepper Roasted Fennel seads Garlic infused red wine and strained (No garlic bits in the final mix) Mild acidification Culture if fermenting We did not add culture and went with cold and slow drying. Non of us like an acidic salami,,, Too much like shop bought.
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Post by Gus65 on Dec 25, 2013 20:59:36 GMT 10
My guts hurt from the amount of food jammed in there today but that looks so good I would put up with more pain to try some. One of the family over today is a pretty damn good chef and he was telling me about the prosciutto he's got on the go and how good the underneath of his house is for hanging and aging. Looks like we'll be doing a batch of Biltong in the near future.
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Post by nath on Jan 19, 2014 18:24:27 GMT 10
That looks sensational! Would love to get into some of this.
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