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I've been toying with the idea of making jerky in a pseudo-historically accurate manner, just to try it. I intend to make a semi-dry rub paste as a cure, rub it over the meat, cure it for X hours (24? 48) in the fridge, shake off the excess paste, and dehydrate overnight at 90 degrees. Someone else suggested a 2:1 or 3:1 sugar:salt ratio. I was curious about a couple of things: 1) If I don't use nitrites, am I still taking too much of a risk to merit doing this? 2) How long should I dehydrate at 90? How long should I cure it? 3) How does this look like for a paste to go over around 3lbs of London broil sliced thin? Flesh and juice from 2-3 mangoes 2 cups pineapple chunks 10 cloves garlic 2" peeled fresh ginger 2 habanero peppers 1 cup kosher salt 2 cups brown sugar 2 tbsp ground allspice 1 tsp ground cinnamon Blend the above and use it as a cure. If it's too juicy, I'll add more dry spices. Too dry, I'll add more garlic. Too much salt? Thoughts? MJP fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Jun 11, 2014 |
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MJP posted:I've been toying with the idea of making jerky in a pseudo-historically accurate manner, just to try it. I intend to make a semi-dry rub paste as a cure, rub it over the meat, cure it for X hours (24? 48) in the fridge, shake off the excess paste, and dehydrate overnight at 90 degrees. Someone else suggested a 2:1 or 3:1 sugar:salt ratio. I've read that the acid or something in pineapples will turn meat to mush if left on it too long... Might want to check on that?
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Jun 12, 2014 14:43
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nwin posted:I've read that the acid or something in pineapples will turn meat to mush if left on it too long... Might want to check on that? Mangoes have tenderizing enzymes too, maybe more so than pineapple. Also, if all the odds and ends you're using are "pseudo-historic" enough for you why not use just something like tender-quick salt with nitrites added? Myron Baloney fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Jun 12, 2014 |
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Jun 12, 2014 14:52
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Myron Baloney posted:Mangoes have tenderizing enzymes too, maybe more so than pineapple. Also, if all the odds and ends you're using are "pseudo-historic" enough for you why not use just something like tender-quick salt with nitrites added? Because I'm trying to keep nitrites down. I've read pro and anti nitrite stuff and there's enough confusion and lack of real authoritative "nitrites = OK" for me to keep an eye out for them. I did a batch of jerky with about 6oz of pineapple juice last week amongst the ingredients, around 2.75lbs of beef was involved. I marinated for 24 hours. With the jerky strips cut at around 1/4" max thickness, there was no such mush action happening. It did OK in keeping things tender, IMO, at least more so than less-acidic/no-acidic marinades I've done before. I guess my pseudo-historic approach is more to utilize what might have grown in Jamaica circa 1785ish or around the era of British naval dominion in the Caribbean, and rather than dry in the sun just cheat with the dehydrator, to see what it might have been like. If I need to add more salt, then so be it, I'll add more salt. I'm just not keen on adding nitrites, really.
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