Home-Cured Holiday Ham
There are many reasons for making your own holiday ham: bragging rights that you actually did this, but also that you can flavor your ham any way you want and you can control the salt content.
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18 ounces of kosher salt equals about 2 1/2 cups Morton's Kosher Salt, OR 3 2/3 cups Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt, as they have different size grains.
Once the ham is cured, you'll want to give it a soak to rinse off the brine, and how long you do this can affect how salty your meat is. I prefer just a quick dunk, but you can leave it for as long as 24 hours, which will produce what I'll call a low-sodium ham. It's still pink, and flavorful, but barely salty. Experimentation is the only way to figure out how long to you should go, but I wanted to give you the range.