Michael Ruhlman

Basic Dry Cure

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1½ pounds

    basic cure
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
From Scratch: 10 Meals, 175 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over
From Scratch

By Michael Ruhlman

Published 2019

  • About

This is enough to cure about 30 pounds/13.5 kilograms of bacon. It’s a good mix to put together if you regularly cure bacon. It keeps indefinitely.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound/450 grams kosher salt (a scant 2 cups Morton’s kosher salt, f

Method

Mix all the ingredients and store in a zip-top plastic bag or airtight nonreactive container in a cool, dry place.