Saturday, 24 August 2013

How to prepare air-dried ham, prosciutto style /Parma / Serrano

How to prepare air-dried ham, prosciutto style - Channel4 - 4Food

   following the instructions 


What you need

The equipment (for each ham)

  • a wooden wine case or similar-shaped box (plastic will do but don't use a metal one) with a few small holes in the base for drainage
  • a 10-15kg weight
  • a wooden or plastic board
  • plenty of muslin ( organic hemp cheesecloth)
  • butcher's string
  • a darning needle
  • a sharp skewer

The ingredients

  • 1 leg of pork
  • about 5kg fine cooking salt (not sea salt)
  • 1 tbsp black peppercorns, cracked
  • 1 tbsp coriander seeds, cracked
  • white wine vinegar

 and using own reared  mangalitza pork  we prepared our very first  air dried Parma ham/prosciutto
















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