- Cooked sausage;
- Cooked-smoked sausage;
- Hams and delicatesse.
A cap creates a very attractive presentation of the product. Usage of this casing is considered by consumers the guarantee of a product quality. Usage of caps durng the production of cooked sausage with inclusion of olives, nut and also sausage of ham type is especially up-to-date.
Advantages of natural casing:
Natural casing has a range of disadvantages, such as:
To avoid of casings damage due to microorganisms while long-term storage there are conserved by salt preservance or drying.
Calibers: -/95, 95/115, 115/125, 125/+
Besides, there are short caps in the assortment, length 45 cm.
Beef caps are delivered of the following categories of quality: А and АВ.
Tha casing is delivered in a bunch of 5 and 10 pieces.
Use
Before use it is necessary to shake a casing to release from salt remainders, to wash it in cool water for 10-15 minutes and to soak in warm water (30-35 °С) for 0,5-4 hours. The time of a casing's soaking depends on its condition. Heavily dewatered, dry casing must stay in water for a longer time than the casing, which was stored in pickle and hasn't lost much moisture. Finally after the soaking the casing must get back to its natural condition and obtain elasticity.
Storage
Being conserved, the natural casing can be stored in barrels at temperature 0-10°С 15 months, 10-25°С 12 months.
Casing caliber, mm | Meat farce capacity, kg/m |
-/95 | < 2,9 |
95/115 | 2,9/3,4 |
115/125 | 3,5/3,8 |
125/+ | > 4,0 |