Casing

Getting ready to make a new burley plug and tweaked the burley casing recipe. Ingredients (by weight) 200g Molasses 100g Water Handful of cacao nibs 1 whole tonka bean 1 cap full of white vinegar Bring to a boil while stirring and then let it boil for 5-10 minutes. Take off the heat and let cool before transferring to a container. I use a strainer to filter out the nibs and tonka bean. ...

So found out I can get tonka beans on Amazon and thought let’s give this a go! It is some quite fragrant stuff! To me it smells like white cake with cream cheese frosting! So made up the sauce: 150g Water 150g Sugar 1 Tonka Bean 1 cap full of distilled white vinegar Put in a sauce pan and put on medium heat. Let it boil until sugar dissolves. Let stand and cool. ...