Salamini Cacciatore
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:22 pm
Now that winter is here, i'm able to dedicate more time to my quest for salami. Unfortunately my curing cabinet crapped out. On the plus side, Home Depot is selling wine coolers for $198. The specs say i can run the cooler in the range of 35F-74F..perfect! And i get to dedicate my old cabinet to fermentation only
So i decided to kick off with a Salamini Cacciatore from Len Poli... I even spent an hour hand dicing the back fat..which was an absolute pain in the proverbial. Depending on this outcome i'm not sure it's worth it.
Anyway, here's the little buggers in fermentation....
And here's my fancy new curing cabinet complete with glass door so I can
As it turns out, the "fancy" new cabinet doesn't let me run temps up to 74F. At it's lowest setting it is running around 50F. I guess i'll replace the temp controller from the fermentation cabinet with a simple thermostat and use the temp controller on the new cabinet. Oh well.
Stay tuned......
So i decided to kick off with a Salamini Cacciatore from Len Poli... I even spent an hour hand dicing the back fat..which was an absolute pain in the proverbial. Depending on this outcome i'm not sure it's worth it.
Anyway, here's the little buggers in fermentation....
And here's my fancy new curing cabinet complete with glass door so I can
As it turns out, the "fancy" new cabinet doesn't let me run temps up to 74F. At it's lowest setting it is running around 50F. I guess i'll replace the temp controller from the fermentation cabinet with a simple thermostat and use the temp controller on the new cabinet. Oh well.
Stay tuned......