Making a "lean" kielbasa

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crazymoon

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So in the interest of "healthy sausage " I made up some lean kielbasa. started with 10 #'s of pork loin on sale and 1 # of pork trim I had in the freezer. Cut up in approximately one inch cubes .


cure and salt and left in the fridge for a day ,notice the color difference in the pork after sitting.


Mixed up the spices which consisted of pepper,garlic, sugar and marjoram and stuffed with 32mm casings


for 1.5 hours at 110*, then smoked for 2hours with hickory. Continued to bump temp in 10 degree increments up to 170 until IT of 154* was reached then a snow bath followed.


I dropped the IT to about 115* and then hung in the house to bloom for a few hours.


Money shot of a nice lean and delicious kielbasa and then vac packed and froze. Thanks for looking !

 
What choo. Talking bout Willis ? In the interest of healthy sausage, low fat, man have you gone bonkers? Next you'll be telling me these are gluten free!!!!

All joking aside, great looking sausage!

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That is some great looking sausage, Nice !!     
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CM I also would be all over that,I hope to pick up a few butts in Ga. or on the way home.I have made it like that before real tasty.

Richie

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I'm am not as sure as the others? I think they need a quality test. Please send to me ASAP so I can better make an educated decision.
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Very nice lookin sticks CM, I'd sure enjoy a few of them with a couple cold ones ! Nice job... Happy New Year to you & yours !

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These look great. Can you share your exact recipe?
 M0107, This recipe is from Marianski's book on Polish Sausage.

Recipe for 11 pounds:

2 teaspoons cure #1

90 grams of salt

6 grams of black pepper

2.5 grams of marjoram

10 grams of sugar

2.5 grams of garlic

I left one ring out of the smoker for fresh white sausage, ate some last night on the grill and it is as scrumptious as the kielbasa !
 
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