Farce
Batch 569 g
- 500 gpork shoulder, about 25% fat
- 8 gfine salt
- 1.3 gcuring salt #1 (6.25% sodium nitrite)
- 2.5 ggarlic, crushed
- 1.5 gblack pepper, coarsely ground
- 1 gdried marjoram
- 40 gice water
- 15 ghog casings 36/38, soaked
- Grind 500 g pork shoulder, about 25% fat through a 1 cm (⅜ in) plate, keeping it below 2 °C. 10 min
- Mix in 8 g fine salt, 1.3 g curing salt #1 (6.25% sodium nitrite), 2.5 g garlic, crushed, 1.5 g black pepper, coarsely ground, 1 g dried marjoram and 40 g ice water until sticky. 4 min
- Stuff firmly into 15 g hog casings 36/38, soaked and tie 2 rings. 15 min
- Hang in the fridge overnight to cure and dry the casings. 4 °C · 12 h
- Dry in the smoker at 55 °C for 1 hour, then smoke at 65 °C until deep red brown. 2 h 30 min to 3 h
- Poach in water held at 75 °C until the centre reaches 69 °C, then chill in ice water. 30 min to 40 min
- Safety: Whole cuts of pork should reach 63 °C (145 °F) at the centre, then rest 3 minutes. (USDA FSIS)
