Canadian Bacon Rings - Your thoughts?

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jfsjazz

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I am currently curing 16lbs of pork loins for Canadian Bacon, which usually comes out fantastic.  Under the recent influence of a few beers, I started to consider grinding some of the CB, adding cheese, and stuffing it in to trail bologna rings, then smoking.  I'm guessing that I would need to add some NFDM and maybe a little liquid to give it that trail bologna/summer sausage consistency.  It will already be cured and flavored so I don't think I need to add anything else.  

Am I missing something here on this technique?  Anything else I should add?  ECA?

Thank you for your thoughts!
 
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Cool idea.  I like the idea of the smaller, sliceable pieces.

You may need a stronger binder, I don't know.  You are basically trying to make chopped & formed ham.

Hot smoking, or cold smoking?

I would try small batches until you get it right.

Don
 
The dry milk can't hurt. What you are making is not that far off from Polish Krakowska. I cut the light color loin meat in 1/2" cubes and fine grind the dark meat and fat, no other binder. Mix all vigorously until very sticky, stuff and smoke to 145-150. Grinding all the meat will give a finer texture...JJ
 
Thanks DonR and Chef JimmyJ.  I'm excited to try this and will post results after it's done.

Cheers!
 
Do a medium grind, add 3T nfpdm, 1.5 T black pepper and stuff away. Do a 5lb batch 1st, skip the eca.
 
Watching this one. I have a 4 lb slab of cured bellie to use.
 
c farmer,  my cure will be finished next weekend and I will update you as soon as the rings are smoked!!
 
JFJ, I'm in ! 
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Success!  Ham and cheese in a trail ring; very pleased with how it turned out (plus, the wife loves it and is already concerned about how much I intend to give away to friends!!!!!)

A few pics of the process:

The cured pork loins - Canadian bacon - after 10 days:


Ground and cheddar cheese added:


Stuffer ready to go:


Rings ready for the smoker:


Fry Test:


Rings smoked and ready for vac seal:



The other half of the cured CB:


This year's garlic, some of which will go into my next venison summer sausage chubs real soon:


Thanks to all who weighed in with guidance last week - you are all amazing partners in this smoking gig we have going on here!!!!!!

Cheers!
 
 
Success!  Ham and cheese in a trail ring; very pleased with how it turned out (plus, the wife loves it and is already concerned about how much I intend to give away to friends!!!!!)

A few pics of the process:

The cured pork loins - Canadian bacon - after 10 days:


Ground and cheddar cheese added:


Stuffer ready to go:


Rings ready for the smoker:


Fry Test:


Rings smoked and ready for vac seal:



The other half of the cured CB:


This year's garlic, some of which will go into my next venison summer sausage chubs real soon:


Thanks to all who weighed in with guidance last week - you are all amazing partners in this smoking gig we have going on here!!!!!!

Cheers!
Dang it man that cut shot looks flipping great - Awesome snausages you have there =POINTS 

DS
 
 
 
Success!  Ham and cheese in a trail ring; very pleased with how it turned out (plus, the wife loves it and is already concerned about how much I intend to give away to friends!!!!!)
They never understand why you run out of the good stuff and have to eat that which is not quite as good. LOL I mean who wants to bragg about just good sausages when you can bragg about the great stuff! LOL

Great looking stuff.
 
Looks like you've invented a new sausage, jazz! I've been doing TQ CV for the Mrs for a while and it's super easy. I'm definitely going to try this. I even have the hi temp cheddar in the cheese fridge [emoji]128522[/emoji]

:points:

Dan
 
Looks like you've invented a new sausage, jazz! I've been doing TQ CV for the Mrs for a while and it's super easy. I'm definitely going to try this. I even have the hi temp cheddar in the cheese fridge [emoji]128522[/emoji]

:points:

Dan
Sorry about the CV. I meant CB. I'm not really good at finger typing on a tablet....
 
That looks great,just a small cooler box and ice packs you could send some to me I'm in a neighboring state.:biggrin
 
Very nice! I just sliced my CB that I cured for 12 days (hunting seasoning added few extra days to original plan) but your rings look amazing! :points1:
 
Success!  Ham and cheese in a trail ring; very pleased with how it turned out (plus, the wife loves it and is already concerned about how much I intend to give away to friends!!!!!)

A few pics of the process:

The cured pork loins - Canadian bacon - after 10 days:



Ground and cheddar cheese added:



Stuffer ready to go:



Rings ready for the smoker:



Fry Test:



Rings smoked and ready for vac seal:





The other half of the cured CB:



This year's garlic, some of which will go into my next venison summer sausage chubs real soon:




Thanks to all who weighed in with guidance last week - you are all amazing partners in this smoking gig we have going on here!!!!!!

Cheers!

I am thinking about doing the same thing. Could you please tell me what you did? What was in your brine? Did you add any binder? Any added fat? Thank you
 
CJ,

I cure pork loins with Morton's TQ, maple syrup, black pepper and demerara sugar for 10 days, vac sealed and flipping every day.  For the trail rings, I did not add any fat, but I did use NFDM to retain moisture.  Smoked to 145 by starting at 120 and gradually moving the temp up to 180; about 4hours total - don't want to dry them out by spending too much time in the smoker. Let me know if you need more detail on the process.

Good luck!
 
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