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BigDave83:
Saw a boneless butt at Gordons the other week figured i would brine and cure make a ham.

Don't recall the weight, but mixed up a gallon of brine.

1 Gallon Water
1.5 T Cure 1
0.5 Cup Sea Salt
0.5 Cup Brown Sugar. usually use dark but only had light.
0.5 Cup White Sugar
 Mix well until dissolved, Injected as much as possible all over the butt after I incompetently tied it up. I put it in my pickle bucket and a water filled quart bag on top to weight it down. Lid on and in the garage fridge for probably about 5 weeks. I usually do at least 3 but was not sure when I wanted to make it.

  Decided to have a friend of the GF's and his son over Saturday night for dinner so thought it would be a good time for the ham.

 Rinsed off hit the outside with garlic and black pepper, into the little cookshack smokette for about 8 hours at 225°. Took it out 165 and foiled to rest while i finished up the buttered noodles and potatoes.

 Very good, it could use more salt but I usually go low on salt as it does not like me at times. Store bought hams usually make my legs swell pretty bad. I had thought about tossing it in the oven on 450 to brown but the GF said it was okay the way it was. Not sure what happened to get the whitish spot. almost like cure did not get to it. This was a first for me getting that.

 I use Pops Brine recipe with my measurement adjustments. I use less cure and cure it longer. I usually will do 2 or 3 of them and then pull them like you would for pulled pork, a nice change up. Just need to cook it to 200° plus.

Thought I would share this after the Cured Turkey thread.

Bar-B-Lew:
looks good

02ebz06:
Looks tasty, I might have to give it a try.
Thanks for posting.

pmillen:
Yep.  I didn't know you could accomplish reduced salt curing by extending the time.  It's a good-looking result.

BigDave83:

--- Quote from: pmillen on December 07, 2020, 11:47:51 AM ---Yep.  I didn't know you could accomplish reduced salt curing by extending the time.  It's a good-looking result.

--- End quote ---

You don't really accomplish less salt it is more about using less cure and allowing it longer to cure. Salt is determined by the amount put in at the start. I believe Cure 1 in a brine is 4oz  1'2 cup to a gallon, I used 1.5T to the same gallon. so less than half, but I allow it to work longer than if I had used the 1/2 cup.

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