Italian Cacciatore Salami
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4.8
27 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
2 hrs
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Total Time
2 hrs
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Servings
20
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Calories
455 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Italian
Italian Cacciatore Salami
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This recipe makes about four pounds.
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Ingredients
- 4 pounds pork, venison or wild boar
- 1 pound pork fat
- 51 grams (about 3 tablespoons) kosher salt
- 10 grams (1 tablespoon) sugar or dextrose
- 6 grams (about a teaspoon) Instacure No. 2
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons caraway seed
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander seed
- 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cayenne
- 3 tablespoons sweet paprika
- 5 grams (about 1 tablespoon) starter culture T-SPX
- 1/3 cup Distilled Water
- 1/4 cup red wine
Instructions
- Chop the meat and fat into 1-inch chunks. Remove as much silverskin and gristle as you can from the pork. Mix the meat and fat with the salt and the Instacure No. 2 and grind through a coarse die; I use 10 mm. Put in the fridge in a covered container overnight.
- The next day, put about 10 feet of hog casings into some warm water and set aside.
- Mix all the spices and sugar with the meat and fat. Chill for 1 hour in the freezer, then grind through a medium die, about 6 mm. Note, if you've already ground the meat through a die this small, grind only half of it. Check the temperature of the meat: If it's 35°F or colder, grind half of the mixture through a fine die; I use a 4.5 mm die here. If the meat mixture is warmer, freeze it until it hits the right temperature and then grind. Either way, put the meat into the freezer while you clean up and get ready to stuff the links.
- Run warm water through your hog casings while the meat is chilling. This flushes them, and will show you any leaks in the casings. Set them back in the warm water when you’re done.
- Also while you are waiting for the meat to chill, get your starter culture ready. Gently mix the starter culture with the distilled water and let it sit for at least 15 minutes.
- Once the meat is 32°F or colder, put it in a large bin. Add the wine and starter culture and mix everything well with your (very clean) hands for a solid 2 minutes. Your hands should ache with cold as you do this. Alternately, put the mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the heavy paddle attachment. Mix everything on the lowest setting for 60 to 90 seconds. Either way. you will see the meat change texture: it will bind together and stick to itself.
- Put the meat into your sausage stuffer and stuff it into the hog casings. Twist off into links of about 8 inches. Twist off your links (Here's a quick video on making the links) or tie off each link with kitchen twine. As you do this, use a needle or sausage pricker (Heat the tip of the needle over a flame until it glows; this sterilizes it.) and prick out any air pockets in the links. Do this gradually and gently or you will rupture the casing. This takes some practice.
- Hang the links on a drying rack — a wooden clothes drying rack is excellent for this. Now you need to ferment the sausage. You will want to tent the hanging sausages with black plastic from some garbage bags, or some other plastic sheeting. If you have one, put a humidifier under the sausages. You really want them to stay moist. Let the sausages hang for at least 36 hours, and up to 48 hours. Every 6 to 8 hours, spritz them with a spray mister to keep them moist. This is the fermentation stage, the stage where the starter culture you are using defeats any bad bacteria in the sausage.
- When the sausages are ready, hang them in your drying chamber. I use an old fridge with a temperature regulator and a humidifier in it. Hang the links at about 70 to 80 percent humidity for at least 2 weeks before eating. You can let them go as long as 6 weeks. Store in the fridge, or vacuum sealed in the freezer.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
455kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
2g
(1%)
Protein
16g
(32%)
Fat
42g
(65%)
Saturated Fat
16g
(80%)
Cholesterol
87mg
(29%)
Sodium
1040mg
(43%)
Potassium
309mg
(9%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
568IU
(11%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
22mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 20Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 455 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 455kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 2g | 1% |
| Protein | 16g | 32% |
| Fat | 42g | 65% |
| Saturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Cholesterol | 87mg | 29% |
| Sodium | 1040mg | 43% |
| Potassium | 309mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 568IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 22mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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