Making saucisson sec from salami at home
I bought a peppercorn salami a few days ago.
I would like to make from it what the French call "Saucisson sec" in their world of Charcuterie, essentially cured dry sausage. But I am not sure about the best way to proceed.
What is the right process to get a good cured dry French style sausage at home starting with a salami?
Best Answer
While you might be technically correct if you were to call saucisson sec a salami, you do not make saucisson sec from commercial salami. Without knowing how the salami was produced it could be dangerous to try to do so. The pictures you posted seems to be of a cooked salami, which is significantly more perishable than its uncooked cousins.
Traditionally, both saucisson sec and salami are dry cured sausages, but they can have significant differences in terms of ingredients and process. Saucisson is usually a coarse ground, pork based sausage lightly seasoned with garlic. Salami is usually more finely ground, pork or pork-beef sausage often seasoned with coriander, ginger, and nutmeg. Salami is usually fermented with an added lactobacillus bacteria culture, saucisson sec can be made with or without an added culture. Both can be found with or without a covering of penicillium mold.
See also:
Is there a difference between 'Saucisson Sec' and 'Salami'?
http://www.popsugar.com/food/Difference-Between-Charcuterie-Salumi-Salami-3368740
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Is saucisson the same as salami?
Typically made of pork, or a mixture of pork and other meats, saucisson are a type of charcuterie similar to salami or summer sausage.How do you dry salami at home?
Keep your sausages hanging at room temperature (65 to 80\xb0F) for two to three days. Now you need to dry your sausages and turn them into salami. Hang them in a place that is about 50\xb0F to 60\xb0F with about 80 to 90 percent humidity. In most cases you will need to put a humidifier under your links.How is saucisson made?
The French equivalent of salami, saucissons are cured pork sausages. A mixture of lean pork and pork fat, salt, sugar, spices, and sometimes alcohol are combined to give the saucisson its unique flavour, but the different recipes for saucissons from different parts of France vary according to the region.How to make Saucisson (French Salami) with The French Baker TV Chef Julien Picamil.
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