Hank Shaw's Guanciale

This is simply a reasonably casual mode to get into cured meats. The process itself is not hard, though it requires clip and a chill spot to bent the meat. Probably the hardest portion astir making guanciale is uncovering a bully hog jowl. You tin bid successful beforehand ($6 per pound) from Red Apron Butchery astatine Union Market and astatine Mosaic District successful Merrifield.

We recovered pinkish salt, which is indispensable for curing, astatine Williams-Sonoma.

The guanciale needs to cure successful the refrigerator for 7 to 10 days and past indispensable property for astatine slightest 3 weeks. The finished merchandise tin beryllium wrapped good and refrigerated for respective months. It tin beryllium frozen for up to 6 months, archetypal chopped into quarters and wrapped tightly.

Adapted from Hank Shaw's blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook (www.honest-food.net).

Ingredients

Adapted from Hank Shaw's blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook (www.honest-food.net).

Tested by Tim Carman.

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