Low(er) Salt Honey Cured 'Ham'

[squirtthecat]

7 days.. You can see some of the cure concentrated where I had a toothpick jammed in that end.
Next one I will cure under a partial vacuum.

Thanks for you help with this!

 

[TentHunter]

Hey, I learned from this too. I'm taking your loin idea and doing it myself!

I love this place!

 

[TentHunter]

I just thought of something...

I'm gonna do two of these, His and Her, loin hams. She doesn't' like Maple or Honey Ham, so I'll make one with just brown sugar for her and a maple one for me!

 

[squirtthecat]

Yep, I have 3 more cut just like this in the freezer.. I need to get some of this one vacuum sealed and frozen, since we went light on the Cure #1.

 

[Chili Head]

So this tastes like ham but better right? I'm not into sweet ham but I would love to try this! And bacon!

 

[squirtthecat]

It's not very sweet, just a hint. And not salty either.

 

[TentHunter]

So this tastes like ham but better right? I'm not into sweet ham but I would love to try this! And bacon!

I hope Squirt doesn't mind me chiming in, but I can tell you my wife is also not into sweet ham or bacon. The ratio of salt/cure/sugar/water used for this recipe took several tries the past year or so before she gave it a thumbs up.

I like how Squirt described it.

 

[squirtthecat]

Bingo. Nice balanced flavor.

Almost like Canadian bacon without the background Onion and Garlic..

 

[Salmonsmoker]

Nice looking ham, Squirt.

Here are a few places to get Insta Cure #1 and Insta Cure #2 and pre-mixed cures if you're interested,

The Sausage Maker The Sausage Maker, Inc. - Sausage Making Equipment & Supplies I get a fair amount of my curing supplies here. Rytek Kutas, who has since gone to that big sausage stuffer in the sky, wrote an excellent book, "Great Sausage Recipes and Meat Curing" for those interested in jumping into another new and exciting chapter of things to do with meat.
Hi Mountain Seasonings hi mountain seasonings • 20 years of seasoning! I've used their Buckboard Bacon cure on a pork butt that turned out great, and then went on to building my own variations.
Bradley Smokers Smokers, Meat Smokers, BBQ Smokers, Electric Smokers They have four pre-mixed cures; Demerara, Honey, Sugar, and Maple. I've used the Demerara and Maple on things Pork, to rave reviews form my(captive) crowd.(family)
You can also do a search on Amazon that will get numerous hits.
One of these days when I figure out how to add pictures I'll post a few.

Cheers!