For national food security, the United States will protect… Ventricina.
Ventricina is a traditional Italian cured pork sausage from Molise and Abruzzo, seasoned with chili and spices and slowly aged for a bold, rich flavor.
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National Salami Day.
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The first piece of guanciale is ready. It is the thinnest one and already lost just over 30% of its weight. It also was on the higher hook which gets more of the air flow from the wine cellar refrigeration unit. The two thicker pieces look like they will probably need another week and the other thinner piece maybe 3-4 more days.
I’ll call this another success.
Might try to hang them somewhere else in the cellar away from the air flow so can cure a bit more slowly just to compare.
For anyone who makes their own jerky, bacon or pastrami, I've created a little spreadsheet to do the calculations for ingredients based on percent weight of meat. Thought it might come in handy for other folks, too. Feel free to use. All are variations on recipes from Hank Shaw and Hector Kent.
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14AKLiM0hCYle2RX5zYnQmQNmIOY8quAHu7LFjgIoOQM/edit?usp=sharing
Curing lb,oz,pounds,grams 1,10,1.625,737.087 bacon,0-10,pastrami,jerky belly (grams),0.625,grams,meat,2.6875,pounds,meat (pounds),10.5625,pounds salt,0.017,grams,salt,59.125,grams,soy sauce,2.641,cups,624.740,mL cure #1,0.002,grams,cure #1,8.063,grams,water,2.641,cups,624.740,mL black pepper,0.0...
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