The beginning of this year I made up another round of deer sausage. I haven’t posted this until now because it took me forever to resize the images since I used my normal camera on some of the pics instead of my iphone. Sausage making is addictive! This time I took more pics and am including my recipe. I came about this recipe by chance. I got tired of making others' recipes and them not turning out so I thought what the heck, I'll just throw some stuff together that I like and we'll see what happens. The thrown together sausage was good! So I then wondered if I could replicate it... lol. I made up some more and it was the same woohooo! This batch is the third time I've made it and have tweaked it a little and my procedures a bit every time. I'm still a newb but am learning a lot here.
My original recipe was for a 8 lb batch. This go around I made 24lb so I just tripled it.
8lb total meat (I usually do 50/50 deer/pork.
1 tbsp/pound of TenderQuick
2 tbsp brown sugar
1+ tbsp chipotle powder from Penzey's.
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp fennel seed
1 tbsp mustard seed
8 oz cheddar
5-6 jalapenos (depending on how hot you want it, 5 is mild)
For this go around I used 16lb deer, 8 lb pork. Changing the ratio didn't seem to change the taste any.
I ground the meat partially frozen. Ok, the deer meat was mostly frozen. The deer meat was a big frozen block and I cut it into long pieces small enough to fit into the grinder throat. Turns out my LEM #8 grinder doesn't like mostly frozen meat. I like the result though.
I did a rough grind, then a fine grind, then mixed the cure and seasonings in, then added the cheese and peppers. Man was it cold mixing!!!!!
Put it in the fridge till the next day when my wife and I did the stuffing with the grinder. I see a stuffer in my future!!!
We made some brat sized, some snack sticks, some 1 1/2,and two 2'' rolls.
I had to do three batches do to size limitations of my MES 30. What a long day!!
I start off with the MES at 130 for the first couple hours, then bump it up by 10 degrees every hour or so till 165-170. Took about 5 hours for the smaller sticks, 6 for the bigger.
The results were great! The only problem is with some of the snack sticks. Some are a bit dry/overdone I think because of hot spots of the MES since I had it pretty full.
I am in the middle of building a small smokehouse to have more room to hang sausage etc. J
Sorry for the lack of snack stick pics but I was rushing to get them in and out so I could go to bed! When I get my smokehouse done, I will be able to all of them at once! Shewww that will be nice!
My original recipe was for a 8 lb batch. This go around I made 24lb so I just tripled it.
8lb total meat (I usually do 50/50 deer/pork.
1 tbsp/pound of TenderQuick
2 tbsp brown sugar
1+ tbsp chipotle powder from Penzey's.
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp fennel seed
1 tbsp mustard seed
8 oz cheddar
5-6 jalapenos (depending on how hot you want it, 5 is mild)
For this go around I used 16lb deer, 8 lb pork. Changing the ratio didn't seem to change the taste any.
I ground the meat partially frozen. Ok, the deer meat was mostly frozen. The deer meat was a big frozen block and I cut it into long pieces small enough to fit into the grinder throat. Turns out my LEM #8 grinder doesn't like mostly frozen meat. I like the result though.
I did a rough grind, then a fine grind, then mixed the cure and seasonings in, then added the cheese and peppers. Man was it cold mixing!!!!!
Put it in the fridge till the next day when my wife and I did the stuffing with the grinder. I see a stuffer in my future!!!
We made some brat sized, some snack sticks, some 1 1/2,and two 2'' rolls.
I had to do three batches do to size limitations of my MES 30. What a long day!!
I start off with the MES at 130 for the first couple hours, then bump it up by 10 degrees every hour or so till 165-170. Took about 5 hours for the smaller sticks, 6 for the bigger.
The results were great! The only problem is with some of the snack sticks. Some are a bit dry/overdone I think because of hot spots of the MES since I had it pretty full.
I am in the middle of building a small smokehouse to have more room to hang sausage etc. J
Sorry for the lack of snack stick pics but I was rushing to get them in and out so I could go to bed! When I get my smokehouse done, I will be able to all of them at once! Shewww that will be nice!