Citric Acid

Citric acid is a natural preservative which is also used to add an acidic, or sour taste to foods and soft drinks. It is widely available in the form of white miniature crystals. Originally produced from lemon juice, it is now produced by fermenting sugars. You can substitute 0.8 g citric acid with ½ teaspoon of fresh lemon juice. Citric acid is used widely in general cooking, wine making and is always added to honey wine, otherwise the honey will taste somewhat bland. 10 g of citric acid is diluted in 50 ml of water and poured into a measuring cylinder. Then 40% alcohol is added to the 100 ml mark and a 10% citric acid solution is obtained. One gram of citric acid corresponds to 10 ml of the solution. The solution can be measured with a cylinder or withdrawn with a syringe.

Honey usually contains a small amount of citric acid.

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The Practical Guide to Making Salami is a companion book to The Art of Making Fermented Sausages, published in 2008. Since then, more information has become available; safety standards have been updated and tightened, new cultures have appeared, and getting supplies and newer equipment online has become more accessible. The most relevant theory has been transferred from The Art of Making Fermented Sausages. Still, The Practical Guide to Making Salami includes plenty of new materials such as fermented spreadable sausages, acidified sausages, or combining acidulants with natural fermentation. The recipes section has been expanded and includes 264 selected recipes from different countries so the reader can immediately produce sausages.

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