Making saucisson sec from salami at home

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I bought a peppercorn salami a few days ago.

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I would like to make from it what the French call "Saucisson sec" in their world of Charcuterie, essentially cured dry sausage. But I am not sure about the best way to proceed.

What is the right process to get a good cured dry French style sausage at home starting with a salami?

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Why would you begin with an already cured product? If you want to produce something like the second picture, you need to start with the correct raw ingredients. There is lots of information online and there are many good books. It is not difficult, but takes some practice and you have to follow several food safety guidelines. — moscafj, Jan 27 '15 at 11:13

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:33

While you might be technically correct if you were to call saucisson sec a salami, you do not make saucisson sec from commercial salami. Without knowing how the salami was produced it could be dangerous to try to do so. The pictures you posted seems to be of a cooked salami, which is significantly more perishable than its uncooked cousins.

Traditionally, both saucisson sec and salami are dry cured sausages, but they can have significant differences in terms of ingredients and process. Saucisson is usually a coarse ground, pork based sausage lightly seasoned with garlic. Salami is usually more finely ground, pork or pork-beef sausage often seasoned with coriander, ginger, and nutmeg. Salami is usually fermented with an added lactobacillus bacteria culture, saucisson sec can be made with or without an added culture. Both can be found with or without a covering of penicillium mold.

Making saucisson sec from salami at home

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