Black ham ham is made with salted pork shank, then marinated in a mixture of black stout beer, brown sugar, sugar cane syrup and seasonings. These steps take 1 and a half months to complete. Then the black ham is hot smoked until it reaches an internal temperature of 65 to 72ºC.
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Smoking It can often seem like a challenge to make at home, but with a little creativity it is possible to adapt household equipment and make incredible dishes with the flavor and aroma of natural smoke. Smoking with an air fryer, is it possible?
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Duck breast cooked at low temperature, sous vide style (without the use of a vacuum sealer) and cold smoked. It's a delicious recipe, the flavor of the smoked duck breast is very good. The process is easy to execute. The breast was packed in a plastic food bag, removed as much air as possible, closed with string and cooked at 80ºC for one hour. Cold smoking was done using a common barbecue, with apple sawdust over the embers.
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The smoking process preserves and adds flavor to food. Hams, bacon, salmon, herring and oysters are often smoked. It's important to make a distinction between smoking for preservation (cooking with smoke) and smoking for texture and flavor. Generally, there are three different methods of smoking foods: hot smoking, cold smoking, and applying liquid or powdered smoke.
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It is possible and very simple to smoke using a barbecue. Preferably use a grill that already has a lid or, if your grill is open, use an object to trap part of the smoke inside the grill. It is necessary for part of the smoke to escape so that there is a flow and the fire is not completely extinguished. Continue reading Como defumar na churrasqueira?
My first artisanal bacon It was quite simple, I used the most basic recipe possible, both in terms of ingredients and process. It was good, but with a mild, delicate flavor, a little far from the intensity of the bacon we are used to these days. This time I made the bacon using natural smoke flavoring and some additional ingredients to give it a more intense flavor. Continue reading Bacon caseiro com aroma de defumação
Firstly, the wood must be dry, rigid/dense, without bark and not contain resin or other chemicals such as varnish. Burning the resin and chemicals used to treat wood can generate components that are dangerous to health. Continue reading Quais madeiras usar para defumar alimentos
Meat roasted on a barbecue, which by default has direct exposure to smoke from burning charcoal, is equivalent to a rapid and very hot smoking process, therefore it will inevitably contain particles of aromatic hydrocarbons, which are responsible for the specific flavor of the whole and any edible product that is exposed to smoke from burning any organic material. Continue reading Churrasco faz mal à saúde?
Almost all smoked products use sodium nitrate or nitrite as preservative agents. These additives mainly help prevent the proliferation of the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, responsible for botulism. Continue reading Defumados fazem mal à saúde?
Hot smoking This means that the process will take place at a temperature above 65 degrees inside the smoker. The recommended temperature is 82 degrees for sausages (as they contain a lot of fat) and 93 degrees for whole pieces of meat, but it is possible to vary according to your needs or product specificities. Continue reading Temperaturas para defumação
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