help! salami casing dry....

[PieterS]

Hi Guys,

Just made my first batch of air cured salami. They looked good but the outside was just way too hard/dry. I suspect that it has to do with a too low humidity in my converted fridge?

The fridge currently runs at 10C and 60-70% humidity. There is no fan in there so limited air circulation.

Any tips or input?

Thanks!

Pieter

[NCPaul]

Welcome to the forum. How much weight have the salami lost? How long have they been drying? Have you cut one open?

[wheels]

Hi Pieter

If you can vacuum pack them for a while, it may help things even out.

HTH

Phil

[Wunderdave]

dried salamis can be kind of hard but like the guys above say it's hard to tell if these were a failure without more info.

If the inside was mushy while the outside was hard you have case hardening. If it's hard all the way through it might just be thoroughly dried (over 50% weight loss?)