I seem to recall author Michael Ruhlman tweeting his hopes that someone for this month’s Charcutepalooza challenge would make pastrami. Well, here it is: my version of venison pastrami, brined and smoked. I had this gorgeous plate for breakfast–a hot pastrami on rye, without the rye. I’ve always wondered what the difference is between pastrami […]
Just as the sun was setting yesterday–eight and one half hours after I had first placed our cured pork belly in the smoker–the meat registered an internal temperature of 150 degrees. I declared our bacon done. The bacon might have cooked a little quicker if the outside temperature had been warmer than 56 degrees–pretty warm for […]
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After a week in its “cure,” our 6.6 pounds of pork belly has taken on a mahogany hue, is firm to the touch and is starting to look a whole lot more like bacon than raw pork. In other words, it’s time to smoke our bacon. As part of the Charcutelapalooza project, we are following the recipe […]
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