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Thanks, marshall I watched that video. Very nice. I would like to see what it would be like to smoke the ham with no wet brine. Simply dry brine for 24-48 hours. The Cattleman's Grill Butcher House Brine doesn't contain any Prague Salt (Salt, Dehydrated Brown Sugar, Sugar, Dehydrated Garlic, Dehydrated Onion, and Spice), so it's just a salt brine with flavors. At $11 per bag, plus $8 shipping and taxes, that's about $30 just for the wet brine! I'd rather spend that on meat 🥩 or wine 🍷.
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Thanks, Jim White I went back and saw your post, and Sam Sifton's on the NYT link. I have Frances Mallmann's Seven Fires, and reviewed his original pork and peaches recipe. It looks delicious. He uses a boneless pork loin roast, which he pounds to a uniform thickness. I'm not sure how to translate that to the whole bone-in ham, although I could debone it?
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Dr. Pepper - Note that curing the ham traditionally takes awhile if you want something like prosciutto or Iberico ham etc but the cure then smoke approach so you get regular ham like you'd want for the holidays only takes a week or so:
https://amazingribs.com/tested-recip...ed-ham-recipe/Last edited by rickgregory; October 12, 2021, 12:02 PM.
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You could just smoke it without curing. I wouldn’t try to pull it though. Not sure what IT to take it to for slicing, maybe 145.
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My vote is with rickgregory. Salt it and hang in the basement till next Christmas.
But seriously - I wish I had something to add except that I think there's a lot of us who'd like to hear how it turns out as a cured ham!
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I to have a raw ham , I’m going to try this recipe , got all the stuff for it and it looks easy and delicious!
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I have never cooked a fresh ham. However I remember an episode of BBQ Pitmasters that featured fresh hams as one of the featured meats. If I recall correctly all they did was inject the heck out of it with apple juice based fluid, coat it liberally with a rub, and smoke it low and slow. They all wrapped it in foil at about 150 IT until done. That’s it.
Anyway, good luck with it and share how it goes.
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Salt and hang for a year or two.
What? Oh fine.
I think it would be cool to cure it and make it your holiday ham if you do ham for thanksgiving or Christmas
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I guess it depends on what you want to cook in the end.
If you are shredding, obviously doesn’t matter how you slice for curing. If you are doing steak like things, maybe it matters a bit. If you want some kind of traditional cured ham, you’d need to find the right container. I guess a stock pot or even that sous vide container I think you bought (same as me right?) could work.
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@zero-credit I have cured brisket, separated into point and flat, as you suggest. When you separate, then the maximum thickness is 4-5 cm. This ham is more of a large ball, requiring much more time, and obviously following the Dr. Bonder guidelines.
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I have cured full packers (15-18 pounds pretrim) for pastrami many times. I trim and separate into point and flat. Then I store in large Tupperware containers in fridge. Curing times is usually 4-5 days for two chunks. You probably have way more Tupperware than me so it should be a piece of cake and you can cut to fit the container.
Then you can come back and tell us how the ham reminded you of a heart surgery you performed in 1999.ðŸ˜
Last edited by STEbbq; October 11, 2021, 06:45 PM.
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I did the Pork and Peaches recipe with a fresh ham roast. Here's my SUWYC on the cook. I see in the comments you saw this, but I'm just putting it in as a reminder with links.
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