Irish spiced beef

[j-two]

Lads i have discovered an old recipe for dry cured spiced beef, it calls for 12gm of saltpetre, 70gm of brown sugar and 20gm of salt per kg,

Does the level of saltpetre seem excessive bearing in mind the recipe is 60+ years old

[wheels]

Yes, it does, and yet when you talk to butcher's that were around at that time, they weren't using anywhere near those levels of cure.

Phil

[j-two]

Any ideas what it should be reduced to

[wheels]

In a dry cure - 0.15gm/kg. And that's why we have Cure #1 and #2.

They're far easier to measure, and not only that, it's far easier to ensure good coverage.

If its not for long storage, I'd go with Cure #1 at 0.25% of meat.

HTH

hil

[j-two]

Perfect thanks for the reply so saying i have 2kg of beef then 5 gm of cure1 should be enough, the recipe i have is handwritten and poorly done. So the measurements are what i csn make out from the writing, again thanks for your help

[fusion555]

Perfect thanks for the reply so saying i have 2kg of beef then 5 gm of cure1 should be enough, the recipe i have is handwritten and poorly done. So the measurements are what i csn make out from the writing, again thanks for your help

Seems to me that would be .5gm for 2kg, but im new here and could be way wrong, i would wait for the powers that be to chime in

[wheels]

Perfect thanks for the reply so saying i have 2kg of beef then 5 gm of cure1 should be enough, the recipe i have is handwritten and poorly done. So the measurements are what i csn make out from the writing, again thanks for your help

For Cure #1, dry curing 2 kg of meat, 5gm will be just hunky-dory!

Phil

[fusion555]

Perfect thanks for the reply so saying i have 2kg of beef then 5 gm of cure1 should be enough, the recipe i have is handwritten and poorly done. So the measurements are what i csn make out from the writing, again thanks for your help

For Cure #1, dry curing 2 kg of meat, 5gm will be just hunky-dory!

Phil

Yep, i was way wrong, oh dear getting my 100's mixed with my 1000's

[wheels]

Easily done!

[j-two]

Thsnks everyone for the input

[crustyo44]

No fancy calculations, 2000X 0.25%= 5 ( gram)