Making some sausage - Krakowska, Linguica, Extra Hot Italian & Italian Face Melters

smoking b · Jan 18, 2013

centex99 said:
What was the basic hot recipe you based your italian sausage on?

Just saw this - here is the basic recipe I started out with & tweaked...

5lb pork butt

2 Tbsp cracked fennel seed

1 Tbsp granulated garlic

1 Tbsp fine ground black pepper

1 Tbsp salt

4 Tbsp red pepper flakes

1 cup ice water

couger78 · Jan 18, 2013

Really nice job on all the sausages!

You've inspired me to break out the grinder next week and start cranking out some good ol' Polish style kielbasa— the Basic (garlic, salt, marjoram) as well as some Kielbasa Krakowska. I'm expecting delivery of some larger (3.25") casing coming for the krakowska &in the freezer there's about 12 pounds of lean loin, 5lbs of lean beef & 15lbs of fatty pork butt. Got the recipe from my Polish wife's aunt who grew up eating the stuff in the region.

Hopefully it will turn out as good as yours!

Kevin

smoking b · Jan 19, 2013

Couger78 said:
Really nice job on all the sausages!

You've inspired me to break out the grinder next week and start cranking out some good ol' Polish style kielbasa— the Basic (garlic, salt, marjoram) as well as some Kielbasa Krakowska. I'm expecting delivery of some larger (3.25") casing coming for the krakowska &in the freezer there's about 12 pounds of lean loin, 5lbs of lean beef & 15lbs of fatty pork butt. Got the recipe from my Polish wife's aunt who grew up eating the stuff in the region.

Hopefully it will turn out as good as yours!

Kevin

Thanks Kevin! I will be on the lookout for your sausages

1beezer · Jan 19, 2013

Sounds like a roadtrip to California. Wanna run the bikes out Smoking B?

sirsmokey · Feb 18, 2013

Looks awesome!!! Now i wanna make some. What gives it that bright red color? Some people say chili paste but that doesnt look like what you used.

stevensondrive · Feb 18, 2013

Smoking B said:
Just saw this - here is the basic recipe I started out with & tweaked...

5lb pork butt

2 Tbsp cracked fennel seed

1 Tbsp granulated garlic

1 Tbsp fine ground black pepper

1 Tbsp salt

4 Tbsp red pepper flakes

1 cup ice water

seriously?? 4T of red peper flakes is the HOT one?? How much thermo-nuclear material do you put in the face melter?? do you add cayane pepper?? I just gotta know B

smoking b · Jul 18, 2013

Sorry for the late replies guys - I'm just getting around here again after my accident...

SirSmokey said:
Looks awesome!!! Now i wanna make some. What gives it that bright red color? Some people say chili paste but that doesnt look like what you used.

The red color is from all the red pepper I added to it

stevensondrive said:
seriously?? 4T of red peper flakes is the HOT one?? How much thermo-nuclear material do you put in the face melter?? do you add cayane pepper?? I just gotta know B

Actually it's 8T of red pepper

& no cayenne for the face melters - it's just too weak

To make the Extra Hot Italian I doubled the amount of red pepper called for & crushed it fresh from my stock. I also added a tsp of my crushed habanero.

To make the Italian Face Melter I replaced the red pepper with habanero & crushed it up fresh. I added some extra for good measure. I also added 1 TBSP of Death Rain Nitro. If you like things hot it is great. It is habanero powder sprayed with habanero extract - It has kick

This was way back in post #5 so it would be easy to miss. The face melters are not for the faint of heart!

gary morris · Jul 18, 2013

You OK?. Hope you are. Been reading this excellent post, I hope to get some stuff and make some myself. Hope your well, take care.

Gary

trickydick · Jul 19, 2013

I think I landed in the right place here.

Those sausages look amazing! What is your cold smoke source?

TD

smoking b · Jul 19, 2013

TrickyDick said:
Those sausages look amazing! What is your cold smoke source?

TD

Thanks!

I use the AMNPS from Todd at http://www.amazenproducts.com/ It works great! I also use it as the smoke generator for hot smoking too - it works great for that as well!

smoking b · Jul 20, 2013

Gary Morris said:
You OK?. Hope you are. Been reading this excellent post, I hope to get some stuff and make some myself. Hope your well, take care.

Gary

Hi Gary! I'm getting better - thanks for asking

I hope you get to make some sausages soon

stevensondrive · Jul 20, 2013

Accident? I was wondering what happened to you. Woodworking or motorcycle??

Thanks for the info

joshpiper · May 17, 2014

Those face melters sound wicked! Thanks for the recipe I've been researching hot Italian sausages & ur threads popped up in the search. Everything looks great.

paulharding · May 17, 2014

Oh my! I couldn't eat a face melter I'm such a wimp when it comes to hot things! Everything looks good though.

deansomers · May 17, 2014

You sure do it all Smoking B!

I wish I had ur skills

Those face melter sausages sound like their over the top for me tho. I can handle heat but only to a certain point. Nice job with everything!

smoking b · May 17, 2014

JoshPiper said:
Those face melters sound wicked! Thanks for the recipe I've been researching hot Italian sausages & ur threads popped up in the search. Everything looks great.

paulharding said:
Oh my! I couldn't eat a face melter I'm such a wimp when it comes to hot things! Everything looks good though.

DeanSomers said:
You sure do it all Smoking B!

I wish I had ur skills

Those face melter sausages sound like their over the top for me tho. I can handle heat but only to a certain point. Nice job with everything!

Thanks guys

The Italian Face Melters are NOT for the faint of heart!!

Making some sausage - Krakowska, Linguica, Extra Hot Italian & Italian Face Melters

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