BRADLEY SMOKER | "Taste the Great Outdoors"

Smoking Techniques => Sausage Making => Topic started by: oakville smoker on January 20, 2010, 07:08:20 AM

Title: Coppa Help Please
Post by: oakville smoker on January 20, 2010, 07:08:20 AM
How deeee

I am half way through my virgin journey of making coppa
I am following len poli's recipe
I did the half way re apply cure the other night
In about 9 days I am goingto have to stuff this into a casing

this is what it looks like right now:

(http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/rickrick949/th_HPIM0139.jpg) (http://s845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/rickrick949/?action=view&current=HPIM0139.jpg)

As you can see its pretty flat and wide.  The cure and salt is causing the meat to firm up
I assume I am goingto have to roll and tie this somehow so I can get it the casing
At least right now that appears to be a significant challenge or maybe if it sits out of the cure for a while it will soften up?
OR
Am I going to have to cut it in half and try to roll up 2 of  them?

I am just getting ready to order some casings.  I have a veil casing which I intended to use, a sheep casing that get wrapped aroound the meat as opposed to trying to get the meat in a casing.  Should I go with the tube or stay with the veil

Thanks in advance for the help