Hard cured Genoa salami

Ingredients

• 5 lb Beef chuck, round or shank
• 3 lb Lean pork butt, cubed
• 2 lb Pork fat, cubed
• 5 tb Salt non iodnine type
• 1 c Brandy, a really good quality one
• 1 1/2 tb Sugar
• 2 tb Whole peppercorns
• 1 tb Fresh Ground white pepper
• 1 ts Coriander seed-finely ground
• 2 ts Garlic: finely minced
• 1 ts Cardamom
• 1/2 ts Ascorbic acid
• 1 ts Saltpeter (many butcher supply places sell it)
• 4 Feet large beef casings

Instructions

Grind the beef, pork, and fat separate through the coarse disk.
Mix together and chill in freezer a half hour or so.
Grind through the fine disk.
Mix remaining ingredients in.
Cure in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
Pack into casings, tying off into 12" links, and hang to dry.
Since the salami is a very thick sausage, eight weeks is the minimum time you should allow before sampling.
Depending upon your specific drying conditions, twelve weeks is about the optimim drying time.

Source: Home Sausage Making by Charles G. Reavis ISBN: 0-88266-477-8 Typed by Carolyn Shaw 12-94