Meat Curing & Smoking Cheese with Martin Brown
281 Okoki Rd, Urenui, North Taranaki
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Join us for an afternoon to learn about how Martin Brown cures biltong, processes pastrami and smokes cheese.
Martin was born in South Africa and from a young age tried his hand at various sausage smoking recipes and techniques. (He was also keen on brewing using the local wild fruits but that's another story). Years later while living in the Middle East and longing for pork-based products he managed to source a local supplier who was trading in pork and water buffalo for the Indian market. From humble beginnings making contraptions from plastic plumbing pipe, his meat curing journey began in earnest, later moving to cure meats in a dryer made from scrap wood and computer fans. His bacon and biltong were a huge success and he found he couldn't supply enough to his 'hashing' circle. Fast forward to 2020, Martin and his wife Ann, both teachers, are 'living off the land' in rural Taranaki on a lifestyle block successfully breeding rabbits for eating and growing their own pork (amongst other things). Martin says he's still learning and developing his hot and cold smoking techniques on different meats.
This workshop Martin will demonstrate how to make Biltong and Pastrami. Biltong is a form of dried, cured meat (using coriander and salt) that originated in Southern African countries. He will cover health and safety, best cuts to use and thickness, roasting and mixing spices, timing and drying, and tips on what to look out for. He will show us the wet curing processing of Pastrami using garlic, salt and spices. As it takes a week for the drying process to be complete, he will have his own cured biltong and pastrami for sampling. Martin will also bring his cold smoker for you to have a look at and while it is smoking some cheese he will demonstrate how to make a cold smoker from basic materials.
The cost is $80pp and includes a platter of meats & cheese, breads and condiments washed down with a glass of homebrew. Book now as numbers are limited. Contact Maria Lempriere 027 232 5554 for all enquiries.
For those interested, Maria invites you to take a stroll around Peihana Farm, an off-grid solar powered property. This property is part of the popular Sustainable Backyards Trail so check out some of their essential eco-garden elements and learn about their plans for the property.
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