First time making cocktail smokies. We ate some store bought smokies over the holidays and I decided to give them a try home made. Used the Len poli cocktail sausage recipe. I substituted the phosphate with soy protein Isolate and ran out of mace so I used nutmeg. 1.5 oz mace was 9.99 at the grocery. I ordered some from amazon 3.8 oz for 15 dollars. b
Did about a 50/50 mix beef and pork.. well maybe a little more pork but who's counting
Used some JMAK FARMS pure honey....... AKA Pineywoods.. There's my helper in the background...yeah right...lol
All mixed up and in the fridge overnight
Out of the fridge ready to stuff
Was nearing the end of the sheep's. Washed and soaked overnight.. They were nice and silky smooth. Easy to open and load
Tried twisting to link but came up with a better idea
Fill a length of sheep's then lay out the string then tie... Worked well. Had to get my pressure right.. the first one I did I stuffed to tight and had some blowouts when I tied. I got it right after that
Hung to fan dry and form a pellicle.. The smokies were nice and tacky ready for the smoker. I ran out of sheep's with a little left to go so I broke out some 19mm collagen to finish. We'll see how they come out......
Dried and ready for the smoker.. Going to cold smoke with apple for 2 hrs then start some heat
Loaded in the smoker. Got to get it done tonight. Have to go to work tomorrow morning so looks like I wont get much sleep. Should have them done around 3AM... I'll have the final pics up tomorrow evening
Thanks for looking and be back soon
Joe
Did about a 50/50 mix beef and pork.. well maybe a little more pork but who's counting
Used some JMAK FARMS pure honey....... AKA Pineywoods.. There's my helper in the background...yeah right...lol
All mixed up and in the fridge overnight
Out of the fridge ready to stuff
Was nearing the end of the sheep's. Washed and soaked overnight.. They were nice and silky smooth. Easy to open and load
Tried twisting to link but came up with a better idea
Fill a length of sheep's then lay out the string then tie... Worked well. Had to get my pressure right.. the first one I did I stuffed to tight and had some blowouts when I tied. I got it right after that
Hung to fan dry and form a pellicle.. The smokies were nice and tacky ready for the smoker. I ran out of sheep's with a little left to go so I broke out some 19mm collagen to finish. We'll see how they come out......
Dried and ready for the smoker.. Going to cold smoke with apple for 2 hrs then start some heat
Loaded in the smoker. Got to get it done tonight. Have to go to work tomorrow morning so looks like I wont get much sleep. Should have them done around 3AM... I'll have the final pics up tomorrow evening
Thanks for looking and be back soon
Joe
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