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DMW
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So school starts for the kiddos tomorrow, first year all 3 will be in school, so it was time to do up some lunch meat.
I had a 11.4# pork loin in the freezer, but I wanted to do something different than Canadian bacon, and the kids love ham.
So I decided to try the recipe in Charcuterie for American-Style Brown-Sugar-Glazed Holiday Ham, but with loin instead of fresh ham. I used all the times/temps from the Canadian bacon recipe however.
I broke down the loin into 3 equal parts and put it in The Briner (http://www.thebriner.com/) and then poured in the curing brine.
2 days later I rinsed it with cold water, patted it dry with paper towels and put on a rack and in the fridge for another day.
You can see one section is thicker than the others, remember that, it will be important, and is one of several reasons I broke it down first.
Today after it had set in the fridge and developed a nice pellicle I put it on the XL raised high in the dome at around 235* with cherry wood chunks for smoke.
After almost two hours the thinner section had reached around 135* and were ready for some glaze, the thick section was still 117*. I left the garlic out of the glaze recipe because the kiddos are more about sweet and less about savory in their sandwiches. So really, it was just Dijon mustard and brown sugar.
Glazed and put them back on until they hit 150*. The thick section was at 132* or so, so I glazed that one as well. After remove the thinner sections I gave them another coat of glaze and let them rest.
Once they cooled a bit, I gave them a porky pine treatment with wooden toothpicks, covered with plastic wrap and in the freezer to chill.
And remember the thicker section? It just finished up.
Here it is right off the egg.
Second layer of glaze applied
Sliced, from the looks of it, I could have gone a bit longer on the cure. The thinner sections might be more fully cured.
Plated with some steamed veggies and fresh tomatoes
The remainder of the thick piece has joined the others in the freezer. After awhile I'll run it through the slicer, then vac seal and freeze it. The flavor is really good.
I had a 11.4# pork loin in the freezer, but I wanted to do something different than Canadian bacon, and the kids love ham.
So I decided to try the recipe in Charcuterie for American-Style Brown-Sugar-Glazed Holiday Ham, but with loin instead of fresh ham. I used all the times/temps from the Canadian bacon recipe however.
I broke down the loin into 3 equal parts and put it in The Briner (http://www.thebriner.com/) and then poured in the curing brine.
2 days later I rinsed it with cold water, patted it dry with paper towels and put on a rack and in the fridge for another day.
You can see one section is thicker than the others, remember that, it will be important, and is one of several reasons I broke it down first.
Today after it had set in the fridge and developed a nice pellicle I put it on the XL raised high in the dome at around 235* with cherry wood chunks for smoke.
After almost two hours the thinner section had reached around 135* and were ready for some glaze, the thick section was still 117*. I left the garlic out of the glaze recipe because the kiddos are more about sweet and less about savory in their sandwiches. So really, it was just Dijon mustard and brown sugar.
Glazed and put them back on until they hit 150*. The thick section was at 132* or so, so I glazed that one as well. After remove the thinner sections I gave them another coat of glaze and let them rest.
Once they cooled a bit, I gave them a porky pine treatment with wooden toothpicks, covered with plastic wrap and in the freezer to chill.
And remember the thicker section? It just finished up.
Here it is right off the egg.
Second layer of glaze applied
Sliced, from the looks of it, I could have gone a bit longer on the cure. The thinner sections might be more fully cured.
Plated with some steamed veggies and fresh tomatoes
The remainder of the thick piece has joined the others in the freezer. After awhile I'll run it through the slicer, then vac seal and freeze it. The flavor is really good.
They/Them
Morgantown, PA
Morgantown, PA
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Looks like a winner to me brother D. Great job man
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Fantastic as always sir. Some day years from now your kids will realize how good they have it.
I did that recipe a few years ago for Christmas and it was a huge hit, and a fun process.
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@SGH @TTC - Thanks, it got accolades from my little guy, entering Kindergarten tomorrow (can't believe it). As i was slicing it he was snagging samples and kept saying "Dad, this ham is sooo good".
Here it is:
8.5# of lunch meat, way cheaper than deli counter prices, and I know exactly how it was handled and what is in it.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
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That looks and sounds awesome. Great project for sure.
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Your children will be the envy of the lunch-room. Nicely done.IL
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@DWM, a quick question; are you freezing those individual packages?John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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jaydub58 said:@DWM, a quick question; are you freezing those individual packages?
They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
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Very cool. Much better than Michelle Obama's lunch program. Way to go.Steven
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Dang D! Kids should be going to school pimping you out!------------------------------
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Nice job. Nothing like producing your own product.Plumbers local 130 chicago. Why do today what you can do tomorrow
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You know Michelle Obama's real goal of her lunch program was to stop lunch money bullying. Your kids might have a fight on their hands.
Steven
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Lucky kiddos. That looks delicious.
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That'll make for some serious Sammies! On the curing brine<> going longer OR a vac save that pulls the liquid into the meat. But, I'm on the go just a bit longer camp like yourself. Either way the end product looks stellar. And more so your kiddos will love it. Mad jelly in the lunch roomLBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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Brilliant process, thank you for sharing!"Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
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1. I'm jealous of your freezer space (didn't you just pull a SRF brisky outta there??)
2. I'm jealous that your kids sammies will be better than what I'll eat for lunch this week (IMO at least)
3. I'm jealous of your neighbors
4. I'm still jealous of your XL
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Looks fantastic as always man. My kid won't eat meat sandwiches at school, just peanut butter. Maybe if I give this a try he will turn the corner. Nicely Done!!!I raise my kids, cook and golf. When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season.
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@DMW which book did you get the recipe out of?
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swordsmn said:I had to look up pellicle.Coleman, Texas
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YukonRon -
Using two different recipes, requiring two different cuts, is where things went awry.
You identified your issue.
Their ham recipe calls for a 6-8 day soak.
And CB, 3.
Why 2?
Not a huge fan of Ruhlman. The book, a good starting point.
The salt percentage on the forum famous bacon recipe used by many here, is too high IMO, 3.6%. Although many rave about it, I had inconsistencies, and undercured some bacon using their recipe early on. Which motivated me to move on, look into other options.
CB in 3 days is yet another stretch, along with 7 day bacon, without wasting the time to do the math.
Applaud the guys for mainstreaming curing though.
Regardless, for CB/BB/back bacon/cured loin/whatever the hell you want to call it, standard is 7-10 days depending on recipe of course, within the max levels of Sodium Nitrite in curing at 200ppm.
Or some do the ol' 1/2" per day(re thickness of cut), plus 2 days for safety.
4" loin= 8+2=10 days for example
With a wet cure, you could inject to help speed things up. I doubt it would be fully cured after two days, even with injecting.
Oh well, I'm sure it's still good.
All that matters is you, your kindergartner, and everyone here, loves it.
And for Christ's sake(and your family's), handle it as if it were uncured.BrandonQuad Cities
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@Focker - Thanks for the info, his recipe for CB was a 48 hour soak, same salt/nitrite concentration as the ham recipe. The only difference in recipes was CB has additional seasoning in the brine and is finished differently. I assumed this shorter time was due to wet cure vs dry cure.
And yes, I treated this as if uncured. I hot smoked it, chilled quickly and will keep frozen. The kiddos will have cooler packs in their lunches to keep them chilled until lunch time. Thanks for your concern.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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