Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Prosciutto


We bought half a hog last fall. In January, I packed a piece of the ham (the local meat processors cut the ham into two parts, alas -- I didn't know they were going to do it, so I didn't know to tell them not to) in salt and weighted it down to cure in the refrigerator. After the salt cure, I wrapped it in cheese cloth and hung it in a wine storage unit for a little more than five months. Today is my birthday and so I unwrapped it. That's me trying to slice it above.


I'm pretty happy about how it turned out. Never tried to cure a ham before. The only hard part was the waiting.


2 comments:

smokeyb4 said...

oh so tasty - you done good on that. I certainly enjoy being a beneficiary of your culinary endeavors.

Anonymous said...

I forgot it was your birthday. It looks like it was a good one.