Homemade Italian Capicola

Ingredients

• 3 pounds coppa pork, or pork loin, coppa is the traditional and preferred cut, we highly recommend it if you can get one from your but…
• 2 1/2 tablespoons sea salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon curing salt #1, aka Prague powder, this is essential for maintaining the pink color of the meat as opposed to brown/gray on…
• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns
• 3/4 teaspoon anise seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes