My batch of Tuscan Salami (Charcuterie, p 183) is incubating right now in a room with a little electric heater to hold it at 85 degrees F, will hang tomorrow in the back of our daylight basement in another little room with a natural 61 degree F temperature and thanks to a Target humidifier with a 60 percent RH (was at 29 percent a week ago before getting the humidifier!).
8 lbs pork shoulder
2 lbs back fat
1/2 cup kosher salt
2 tsp cure #2
6 tbsp sugar (regular cane sugar, had no dextrose)
3 tbsp coarse ground black pepper
3 tbsp toasted cracked fennel seed
2 tbsp minced garlic
8 oz red wine
1/2 cup soy protein (had no dry milk solids)
Bactoferm F-RM-52 in 1/2 cup water
Hand diced the back fat, spinkled mixed salt and cure over pork shoulder and ground through a medium plate (Maverick MM5501, makes life a LOT easier!). Hand mixed back fat , spices, wine and Bactoferm and into ground pork shoulder, and stuffed into 24" long by 3.5" diameter clear protein lined casings, got two and a half casings stuffed - a LOT of salami! it is incubating right now, will hang tomorrow morning. Likely it will hang for 2-3 months before we slice and vacuum pack.
Now, in the old days, they did not have Bactoferm. Anybody make this some other way not using Bactoferm? Fermento? Cultured buttermilk solids? Nothing?