Sugar cure for ham
Sugar cure for ham recipe in the pork category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pints salt
- 1 /2 cup brown sugar
- 3 to 4 tablespoons black pepper
- 2 tablespoons red pepper
- 1 joint ham from a 300 to 400 pound hog
Recipe method:
- Mix together and rub in and pack on joint of meat.
- Spread some on newspaper and lay joint, rind down, on mixture.
- Wrap in paper and then in cloth.
- Tie like a package.
- Hang where there is even temperature, a little cool, but not necessary.
- Hang with bone pointing down.
- It will drain a little.
- Leave for several months.
- When cured, slice and store in freezer if weather is hot.
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