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To dry beef

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Ingredients:
20 lbsBeef **
1 tspSalt peter
1 pintSalt, kosher
1/4 lbsBrown sugar
Procedures:
1** good fresh-killed beef (the rounds).?mix the last 3 ingredients well, rubbing out all the lumps.
2Divide the mixture into 3 equal portions.
3Place meat in a large bowl and rub thoroughly with one portion of the above mixture.
4Let stand 1 day.
5Follow same procedure on second and third days.
6Turn meat several times a day.
7Allow meat to remain in bowl for 7 more days, then hang in a warm place until meat stops dripping.
8Whe dripping has stopped, hang in a cool shed about 6 weeks to dry thoroughly.
9Wrap meat in clean muslin bags and keep in cool place.
10If in 6 months meat becomes too dark, soak it in cold water for 24 hours and wipe dry.
11Wrap again in muslin bags and hang in cool place