Cold Smoked Duck Prosciutto
Takes a while to make .... but well worth it
Cook Time10 d
Curing Time14 d
Total Time36 d
Course: Cured Meat
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Duck
Recipe Type: Cured
Servings: 4 Breasts
- 4 Duck Breasts 200g each
- 10 g Fine Sea Salt 2.5%
- 4 g Sugar 1%
- 1 g Prague Powder #2 0.25 %
- 2 g Black Pepper 0.5%
- 2 g Rosemary 0.5%
- 2 g Thyme 0.5%
- 2 g Juniper Berries 0.5%
- 4 Bay Leaves 0.5%
Curing the Duck Breast
I use an equilibrium cure for the duck, the amounts above are assuming 400g of duck breast, you will need to adjust based on the weight of the duck.The Black Pepper should be freshly ground and the Rosemary and Thyme finely chopped. Weight and mix the salt, sugar, prague powder,pepper, rosemary and thyme. Divide into four equal parts.
Put each duck breast into a small vacuum sealing bag, add a one of the portions of curing mix. Put about most of the mix on the flesh side rather than the skin side.
Add the Bay Leave and a quarter of the Juniper Berries and vacuum seal. Label the bag with a date! and put into your curing fridge for two weeks.
It is an equilibrium cure so the exact time to cure is not too important ... it will not become over salty if you cure it longer
Resting the Duck Breast
After two weeks, remove the duck breasts from their bags and rinse under cold water. Then pat them dry.
Return them to the curing fridge for two or three days on a wire rack to air dry a bit
Cold Smoking the Duck Breast
Now to be Patient
Return the Duck breast to the fridge on a wire rack for another two weeks, turn them over every few days.
They are done! You can leave them longer and they will come to no harm