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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
Dry-Cured Sausage
sophisticatedrusticFrenchgluten-freedairy-freeporkfirmchewy

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Grind the chilled pork shoulder and fat through a medium plate.

  2. Step 2

    Mix in salt, pepper, sugar, garlic powder, curing salt, and wine until sticky.

  3. Step 3

    Stuff the mixture into the hog casing, pricking air bubbles.

  4. Step 4

    Ferment at 20°C with 85% humidity for 24 hours.

  5. Step 5

    Dry at 12-15°C with 75% humidity for 4-6 weeks until firm.

  6. 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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