Hello, my first post here.
I have a question on freezing a sausage mix. We made a few pounds of link sausage yesterday and we kept out about a pound of the mix (unstuffed) to cook up later this week for tacos. We used a correct amount of Prague #1 cure in the full mix.
Apparently my wife put the lb. of mix we held out in the freezer. That lb. of mixed meat did not set in the fridge overnight as the links did, she froze it within 30 minutes after making it up.
My question now is... Does freezing the meat mixture before allowing 12 hours for the cure to work stop the curing process? If so, is it ok to now let it thaw in the fridge to allow the curing process to continue once thawed, or has the freezing before the 12 hours stopped the cure process altogether?
Thanks for any help. D-Walker
I have a question on freezing a sausage mix. We made a few pounds of link sausage yesterday and we kept out about a pound of the mix (unstuffed) to cook up later this week for tacos. We used a correct amount of Prague #1 cure in the full mix.
Apparently my wife put the lb. of mix we held out in the freezer. That lb. of mixed meat did not set in the fridge overnight as the links did, she froze it within 30 minutes after making it up.
My question now is... Does freezing the meat mixture before allowing 12 hours for the cure to work stop the curing process? If so, is it ok to now let it thaw in the fridge to allow the curing process to continue once thawed, or has the freezing before the 12 hours stopped the cure process altogether?
Thanks for any help. D-Walker