I’m thinking about making my own corned beef. I have a great recipe from Lobel’s Meat Bible – the recipe needs 1 oz of pink curing salt.
Does anyone out there know where to get this? I have looked online and it seems you can only buy big bags of it – someone recommended buying a small quantity from your local butcher.
Any ideas? We’re talking about buying in New Zealand in case you’re wondering.
Thanks in advance.
Skinny
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Hi There
Here I would like to ask how to buy curing salt/pink salt/Prague powder.
I live in Wellington.
Thanks
Asep Djamal
Hi Asep
I have tried to get pink salt in the past. It’s difficult to buy except in large quantities and from a wholesaler.
Pink salt is only to make the meat look red. It has no preservative qualities at all. So you could just as easily cure meat with a non-iodised salt but it would be more of a grey colour than red.
There’s an interesting discussion here: http://www.foodlovers.co.nz/forum/read.php?3,146927
I think the best option would be to ask your friendly local butcher if he could sell you some.
Good luck.
Hi Asep,
you can buy it online from
http://oskarbutcher.co.nz/product-category/curing/
hope this helps and is not too late …
aynoor
Metra in Wellington sells a mix that is about 95% salt, 5% saltpetre. I bought a big bag with the intention of making a salami but can’t line up a recipe that fits my mix (or my maths)