Salt beef, also known as salted beef or salt meat, was once a Christmas staple in Kolkata’s Christian homes. Often paired with plum cakes and wine, this cured meat made it to the Christmas menu of ...

Lisa Featherby recipe for home-cured pork with lentil salad. At its simplest, curing meat requires nothing more than salt, but the addition of sweeteners, such as sugar or maple syrup, as well as ...

In parts of the Karoo, salt beef, also known as soutvleis, is as much a part of the Christmas table as turkey and gammon are elsewhere. My recipe below is an interpretation of the Karoo tradition, ...

A good steak, roast, or stew will always have its place in the kitchen. But as you’re about to learn, few foods are more satisfying to make and eat than hunks of meat that you’ve cured with these two ...

In their 2005 book, “Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing” (W.W. Norton & Company, $35), author Michael Ruhlman and chef Brian Polcyn helped define the passion chefs and home cooks ...