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Thats a good looking sausage. I just did a batch of bacon cheddar brats but I cubed & slow cooked the bacon then cooled & added the cooked bacon & bacon fat to the brat mixture. Def my kids favorite.
I am familiar with this I generally go over night, just due to personal time restraints, with the sous vide finish so it really is an experiment for me to find the temp that will reduce fat out & give me the texture I am looking for.
I use the AC Leggs summer sausage mix add it to 4 lb 80/20 ground beef to 1 lb pork or 6 lbs venison to 4 lbs pork. Add pink curing salt. Any cheeses & dried jalapeno if adding. Stuff then refrigerate over night. Smoke then sous vide to finish. Will get some fat out & will lower temp to 148 on...
We use a turkey deep fryer pot just because I am concerned about the plastic bucket getting scrapped off with the paddle mixer. Just make sure you have a strong enough drill once it gets sticky.
This is the 3rd year we have gotten together this year there were 4 of us.
140 lbs pork butt & 80 lbs chicken thighs.
Ended up with:
40 lbs cheddar brats
40 lbs jalapeno cheddar brats
20 lbs cherry cheddar
20 lbs jalapeno cherry cheddar
20 lbs apple maple bfast sausage links
30 lbs italian...
Sous vide is hot water circulator. I bag my summer sausage agter a few hours on the smoke then finish in the water bath to bring up to temp. Search sous vide on here & you will find quite a bit of information.
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