Breakfast sausage links question

[Hockeydudde]

Made breakfast sausage bulk and links. 15 lbs total. Followed this thread:

Jimmy Dean regular Premium Pork sausage, breakfast clone by Dave in AZ

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But omitted the ginger and red pepper flakes. Also cut the herbs by 80% since I was using herbs dried from our garden. But turned out great, super tasty!
Today I made links for the first time. I have them in the fridge right now. I want to vacuum pack. How to I separate them into links for packing without them falling apart at the ends?

Thanks!

 

[chopsaw]

I get them good and cold . Then use a sharp knife to cut them apart . I put them on a sheet pan and slide them into the freezer covered in plastic wrap .
Once frozen I vac seal .
These are ready to seal fully frozen . Just how I do it .

 

[sawhorseray]

Just like chopsaw I freeze all the sausage I make on a cookie sheet before bagging and vac-sealing to maintain presentation. RAY

 

[Hockeydudde]

Thanks for the tips!
I left them in the fridge to dry and chill overnight, but didn't have room in the freezer to keep them from freezing to each other. I snipped the ends and vacuum sealed on gentle. We'll see how they come out.
For drying overnight, the twisted parts that were exposed dried and were strong. But where they were protected, they were still wet and weak. Next time I'll take better care to space then out so the twisted part can dry better.

 

[Coreymacc]

I usually give them a pinch at the ends to sort of seal them, then snip them with kitchen shears. I do this before putting them on a large pan and into the freezer for an hr or so. Then vacuum packing doesn't squish them.

My 2 cents
Corey

 

[Hockeydudde]

I usually give them a pinch at the ends to sort of seal them, then snip them with kitchen shears. I do this before putting them on a large pan and into the freezer for an hr or so. Then vacuum packing doesn't squish them.

My 2 cents
Corey

Hadn't consider partial freezing. I'll try that next time.
Thanks!

 

[Hockeydudde]

Fried up some links today. They came out of the package pretty mashed up. But once they started to heat up, they plumped up quite nicely.

 

[DougE]

Like others said, partially or even fully freeze on a baking sheet, then vac seal.