Smoked ham at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare meat first of all - it is our main ingredient! Take meat with streaks of fat so that it does not turn out dry. Not only a ham will do, it is quite possible to take both a pig's neck and a brisket. In addition, beef and veal can be cooked in the same way.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the meat well, dry it with paper napkins.

3. Step 3:

   

   Salt the meat from all sides. I use ordinary white salt, but you can also take salt with additives: Svan or Adyghe.

4. Step 4:

   

   Also pepper the meat on all sides. I use a mixture of hot peppers, but you can also take one kind: red or black. You can also take some of your favorite seasonings: garlic powder, suneli hops, fenugreek - all this will suit in dried form and just rub the meat with these spices. You can also take pieces of fresh garlic and insert it into a piece of ham, making incisions with a knife. Leave the meat to marinate for 1-2 hours.

5. Step 5:

   

   For smoking, we will need a special chip for smoking, it can be alder, apple and other trees. I have apple chips. Soak the chips in water for 2-3 hours.

6. Step 6:

   

   Then drain the water and squeeze out the chips.

8. Step 7:

   

   In a smokehouse or in a grill with a lid, heat the coals. If you cook food products, it is recommended to use coals from high-quality firewood, preferably birch. It is also quite possible to take ready-made factory-made coals, you just need to heat them well.

9. Step 8:

   

   Sprinkle wood chips on the coals, put a grate.

10. Step 9:

    

    Lay out the pickled meat.

11. Step 10:

    

    Cover with a lid. Periodically open the hole in the lid so that the coals do not go out. It is necessary to maintain the temperature of the coals and the smoke from the chips. The cooking time is calculated as follows: it will take 1 hour to cook 1 kg of meat. It took me 2 hours to finish my piece. Pierce the meat with a sharp knife - transparent juice should flow out, not blood, so the meat is ready.

12. Step 11:

    

    Delicious both hot and cold. Enjoy your meal!