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worktogthr

worktogthr

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I cannot stop making sausage. I sit around daydreaming about what meals I can cram into a casing. So with cheap corned beef season upon us, it's time to take the ideas rolling around in my head and make them a reality. With a lot of help from the SMF members, I admired my 5.5 lbs of corned beef...
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And I arrived at my game plan.

1. Soak the store bought corned beef overnight to desalinate:

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2. Rinse, dry, and rub corned beef with a little oil and then a whole mess of pastrami seasoning.

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Stuck that in the freezer and when it was partially frozen, cubed it up for the grinder.

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Ground it through the fine plate:

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Mixed it with some water and a 1/2 cup of NFDM.

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Fried up a test patty and I think I lucked out. Pastrami seasoning compliments the corned beef well without being overly peppery or bland. Think the amount used to coat the whole pieces is enough for he mix.

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Tomorrow we stuff and Sunday we smoke. Thanks for looking! Be back tomorrow!

-Chris
 
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AK1 said:
You need professional help!

That does look great though.

You get points for thinkin' outside the box.
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Haha thanks! I really do need help. This hobby is bad for my obsessive nature. That's how I ended up with 14 cooking apparatuses in my yard, 4 freezers full of meat, membership to restaurant depot, and the inability to think about anything other than what I will cook next.
 
Chris, You DO need help !
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 looks tasty !
 
What the heck are you doing with all that sausage?

You can't possibly eat it all.

That being said looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Al
 
SmokinAl said:
What the heck are you doing with all that sausage?

You can't possibly eat it all.

That being said looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Al
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GaryHibbert said:
:yeahthat:

That being said, I almost feel obligated to send you my mailing address.  LOL

I'll be watching for sure.

Gary
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Hhaha I make sure to spread the wealth. Friends, family, coworkers all get some care packages. Also, my immediate family is almost 30 people, so five pounds of sausage goes pretty fast. That being said, I still make enough sausage to feed a small nation, and have plenty in the freezer for myself.
 
Chris I thought I was going to beat you,at making the Pastrami Sausage.My Corned Beef is going to be desalted tomorrow.

Richie

I'll check back tomorrow
 
So today I stuffed:

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And I know I know. I'm nuts... I also decided last night to start thawing some cubed up loin and butt in my freezer and it was just the perfect consistency to grind so I made Len Poli's Irish Bangers too.

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Had some friends coming over so I ask smoked up some baby backs and a couple of naked fatties on the akorn:

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I'll be back tomorrow with the smoking of the pastrami dogs and perhaps some bangers and mash for dinner.

-Chris
 
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dirtsailor2003 said:
Looks tasty!

POINTS!
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Thanks so muchnfor the points. The test patties were good. Can't wait to taste them after they are smoked!

tropics said:
Chris I thought I was going to beat you,at making the Pastrami Sausage.My Corned Beef is going to be desalted tomorrow.
Richie

I'll check back tomorrow
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Hahah Richie, I am on such a sausage kick right now. Every crazy cooking idea I have becomes a sausage. Those cheap corned beef points inspired this one.
 
Dang it man that looks great !!!! 
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Great job can't wait to see the outcome  

A full smoker is a happy smoker 

DS
 
So after about 3.5 hours of smoke they looked like this:

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Finished them in a 160 degree water bath and took them to 152 IT. Had to slice and taste one!

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Now they are hanging in my kitchen to bloom at room temp for a few hours.

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The taste... Pretty darn good. I am having trouble not thinking it tastes like a hot dog with extra black pepper but the fact of the matter is, a hot dog and pastrami do have very similar ingredients and cooking techniques so the similarity shouldn't be all that surprising. Have to wait and see for sure until I grill them up for a pastrami Reuben dog. Thanks everyone for looking and I'll be back with more pics later!

-Chris
 
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So for dinner I grilled up a banger and a Pastramiwurst (registered trademark) haha.

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So verdict is... The Pastramiwurst is great...but... I can't help but think it just tastes like kielbasa with a little more pepper. Almost as if the smoking process took away the corned beefy taste of the test patty. Regardless they are delicious, just thinking if I serve them saying the are pastrami flavored sausage I might be doing a little false advertising. Next time around I will take dirtsailor2003 dirtsailor2003 's advice and try the Adam Gertler recipe.

Thanks everyone for the advice and for watching!

-Chris
 
No, this is just wrong. How can make something that looks this good and not invite us all over. I will have to speak to the membership committee.

Points for a great sausage and giving me another idea.

Disco
 
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