Cure #2 has 1.0% nitrate. TQ has 0.5% nitrate. so TQ has half as much nitrate as does cure #2. Although, you apply more TQ than cure #2. There really isn’t anything wrong with using cure #2 for short curing, unless it’s bacon.
In a gallon of cold water, combine the Kosher salt, Prague powder, and sugar. Stir until dissolved. Using a marinade injector, pump about 10 ounces of the brine into the beef brisket. Inject the brine at various locations evenly spaced around the brisket. Add the pickling spices, garlic, bay leaves and optional chili peppers to the remaining
In a small bowl, add salt, paprika, granulated garlic, black pepper, onion powder, and Instacure #1 and stir to combine. Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt. Nest a large mixing bowl in a bowl filled with ice. Grind the meat and fat through the 1/4-inch plate of the grinder into the bowl set in ice.
Grind to a fine powder. Add salt, Prague powder, and nutmeg and stir well to combine. Place pork belly in a glass or ceramic dish. Cover on all sides with the spice mixture. Pour wine mixture evenly on top. Cover with a wire rack and then with a large piece of muslin; the rack prevents the muslin from touching the pork. Refrigerate for 2 weeks. Use of Prague Powder. Never mistake Prague powder for ordinary salt. As mentioned earlier, it’s much saltier than normal table salt, so a little goes a long way. For instance, one tablespoon of Prague powder will be enough to cure 5 pounds of meat cut into pieces. Also, consumption of Prague powder in large quantities can cause illness. Prague Powder #1. Thread starter jjp1991. Start date Jan 17, 2015. I'm curing a 13 pound brisket in a 3 gallon brine to make a pastrami and using prague powder #1. This my first time using the curing salt.
Prague powder #2 should never be used on any product that will be fried at high temperature (e.g. bacon) because of the resulting formation of nitrosamines. When using cure, it is very important to never exceed the recommended amount of 2.5 grams of Prague powder #1 in 1 kilogram of meat (4 ounces/100 pounds). Equivalently this is 10 mL for 4.5
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