Salami and Summer Sausage....

[ExpatCanadian]

Spent the day yesterday making up 10lb of Len Poli "favorite" salami and 7lb of the modified Cervelat recipe I made a few weeks back.  The Cervelat recipe is this one from Wedliny Domowe.  When I first made it, I accidentally reversed the beef and pork amounts...  but I liked it so much, I did it the same way again this time.

I stuffed the Salami into beef middles....  and the Cervelat into 3" protein lined casings which I've been wanting to try.  I think that may have been a slight mistake, as I now realise they aren't designed for cooking a semi-dried sausage.  Oh well...  too late, so hopefully they'll survive the smoke and cook.  I plan to smoke/cook over quite a long period overnight this evening, slowly bringing them up to temperature, so I'm hoping they'll be ok.

I was so stuck into the whole process yesterday that I didn't take any photos of the actual sausage making.  It's a lot of work doing it all by yourself...  :), not complaining, but didn't feel like stripping off my gloves every 5 minutes to take a photo.

However, I CAN show you the end result, all hanging in my curing fridge.  I moved my Coppa temporarily into the wine fridge for 24 hours while I tested it out as a fermentation chamber.  It works pretty good, but it's WET inside...  not so sure how long my controls will last under those conditions, so might not want to do this very often.  Have to tell the wife I need to build a separate unit  ;D ;D How do you all think that will go?

Around 15 hours into the 24hour ferment, Salami on the left, Cervelat on the right.  I love how red the Cervelat has gone already...  is that the difference between the Cure#1 in it vs. the Cure#2 in the Salami?



Temperature should be 30, but I just opened the door to take the above photo  :)

[FLBentRider]

That looks good.

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Looking very nice!

[Habanero Smoker]

Looks like you are off to a good start.

[classicrockgriller]

OK, I've got my popcorn and I am ready for the show!

Shine On You Crazy Diamond!

[ExpatCanadian]

Shine On You Crazy Diamond!

Long live Syd... 8)