drying Salt Cured Ham

[dragonsfire]

New batch and style attempt.

Full salt cover for 17 days ( I noticed curing time in salt varies allot) 8lb,
Black Pepper
Sage
Smoked Paprika
Cinnamon
Cumin
Pink Salt
Pickling salt bulk.

 

[rgreenberg2000]

Very cool! I love charcuterie projects like this! Waiting for my belly bacon to finish up with the dry cure.

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

R

 

[DontPanic]

That's funny! The salt cost more than the pork.

It's kind of hard to find uncooked ham here. Good luck with this.

 

[dragonsfire]

lol, crazy the prices now adays
Thanks!

 

[dragonsfire]

Update...

Pulled from salt today and placed in Drying box.
15% weight reduced so far.

 

[DWB]

That's funny! The salt cost more than the pork.

It's kind of hard to find uncooked ham here. Good luck with this.

They call it fresh ham down here.