Homemade Traditional Pepperoni Recipe (Slow-fermented Dry Style)

Ingredients

• Ingredients per 2.2 kg / 5 lb of meat.
• Lean beef 670g / 1.45 lb
• Lean pork 1375g / 3 lb
• Pork fat (Back Fat) 250g / 0.55 lb
• Salt 65g / 11 tsp
• Instacure #2 5g / 1 tsp
• Dextrose 4g / 1 tsp
• Sugar 6g / 1 tsp
• Black pepper 6g / 3 tsp
• Paprika 12g / 6 tsp
• Fennel 5g / 4 tsp
• Cayenne Pepper 4g / 2 tsp

Bactoferm T-SPX 0.5 g / 1/2 tsp

• (dissolved in 2 tbsp lukewarm de-chlorinated water)