Curing ham at home

Learn how to salt cure a ham at home using old-fashioned curing methods to preserve meat.

I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. More details here. I’m excited to share this post with you, because it was such a wonderful revelation that we could make the best ham we’ve ever had– at home, with relative ease. I want to know that you, can cure and […]

This is a recipe for Homemade Cured Ham with Brown Sugar Honey Glaze

Step-by-step directions to brine and smoke fresh ham for all of your favorite family celebrations, like Easter and Christmas.

Make homemade cured ham with Chef John's fantastic recipe that transforms a pork shoulder roast into a flavorful cured ham using a multi-day brine.

This dry-cured ham recipe can be used to preserve the homegrown pork from your homestead.

Inside a nondescript building in Sugar Grove sits the country's only place that does a country ham the true climatic cured way.

It seems like making bacon would be hard but it was pretty simple. This is buckboard bacon, it is made from a pork butt instead of belly. It tastes kind of like a mix of bacon and a light ham flavor. It was darn good is what it was. I took a 6 lb pork butt, cut out the bone and cut it in half. I used this as a cure: 1 lb of pickling salt, 8 oz sugar and 2 oz of pink salt/prague powder. (Thank you David the Gastronomic Gardener. ). I mixed this up and then sprinkled slightly more than a…

Want to know how to cure a ham? It’s not that difficult as it requires only patience and time, along with a hunk of pork, curing salts, spices, and herbs. In just a few days, you can, too, have your own home-cured ham.

The best way to make a home-cured ham is to pump in the ham brine. But don't make this one crucial mistake during the brining process...

Advanced dual-fridge meat curing and fermentation chamber that allows complete control of temperature and humidity for consistent results.

Home-cured Canadian bacon is amazingly easy to make and takes only a couple of specialized things -- plus a bit of time. And it's far less expensive than the little packets at your grocery store!

Step-by-step directions to brine and smoke fresh ham for all of your favorite family celebrations, like Easter and Christmas.

How I Marinate a Ham:

Get that pre-cooked ham into your kitchen rotation. It's easy to prepare, and you will reap the benefit of leftovers. Here's how long to cook a pre-cooked ham.

Cajun-style tasso ham, a small spicy country-style ham, great with eggs, beans, and stew. Easy to cure, cheap to make, versatile, and very tasty.

Updated 12/3/24. You're looking for an easy guide on how to heat a precooked ham. Fabulous -- you're in the right place.

Homemade ham is absolutely delicious. You can control all the flavor profiles… It lasts about a week in the refrigerator, but if you seal it up, it can...