sugar curing
Candy-coating for keeping
Sugar curing is a method of preserving meat by packing it in sugar or a sugar-salt mixture.
The sugar draws moisture from the meat while adding sweetness that balances the salt's harshness.
Ham and bacon are commonly sugar-cured: The recipe calls for sugar-curing the pork belly for five days.
Also called sweet curing.
- saltSodium chloride compound
- salt boxVessel for sodium chloride
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- hamCured pig thigh
- holiday hamCelebratory cured leg
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