Dry-Cured Sausage
A classic dry-cured sausage with rich marbling and a distinctive white mold coating, perfect for charcuterie boards.
- Total time
- 43200 min
- Servings
- 20
- Calories
- 250
- Protein
- 15g

Ingredients
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Step 1
Grind the chilled pork shoulder and fat through a medium plate.
Step 2
Mix in salt, pepper, sugar, garlic powder, curing salt, and wine until sticky.
Step 3
Stuff the mixture into the hog casing, pricking air bubbles.
Step 4
Ferment at 20°C with 85% humidity for 24 hours.
Step 5
Dry at 12-15°C with 75% humidity for 4-6 weeks until firm.
Step 6
Coat with mold culture solution before drying for white bloom.
Tools you’ll need
- meat grinder
- sausage stuffer
- hog casings
- drying chamber
- thermometer
- hygrometer
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