Jalapeno elk saugage

[electchief]

 I have made this 2 different ways, one was with 15 lbs elk, 7 pounds pork saugage, and 3 pounds bacon with 1 1/2 cups jalapeno. The second way was 12 pounds elk, and 3 pounds pork saugage and 1 cup jalapenos. To me the second method seems dryer to me, just curious what other people do, thanks.  Dan

 

[pc farmer]

The second way would be drier because of the pork being cut in half from the first one.

I have never had elk but am assuming its very lean like venison.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Yep your first method had 10 (7 pounds pork sausage, 3 pounds bacon) pounds of fatty meat to 15 pounds lean meat. That is why it wasn't as dry as the other batch.

I shoot for a 70/30 or 75/25 mix.

So for 15 pounds of lean I'd add 4.5 pound or 3.75 pounds of fatty meat to hit those ratios.

Your second recipe is closer to what I make.

 

[tallbm]

I think the other guys are hitting on it.

I don't do elk but I always have perfect sausage with 80% lean venison and 20% pure pork back fat bought from the butcher.

This means 8 pounds venison meat, 2 pounds of pork back fat to make 10 pounds of sausage.  

4 pounds of venison meat and 1 pound of pork back fat make 5 pounds of sausage.  

The math is then simple to do any increment of 5 or 10 pounds with that math and the sausage is always great.  Oh and no guessing on fat percentage added :)

I hope this info helps give you some ideas :)

 

[electchief]

Thanks for the input, was curious what portions other people used, this helps,,, Thanks

 

[electchief]

I have always used pork saugage, not fat so I will try that. Another guestion has anyone ever used bacon for this, I know it would be more expensive, but would you get a better flavor from doing this.

 

[crazymoon]

EC, I use pork butt a lot for sausage usually around 3.5:1. You can usually get a pound of pork back fat off an untrimmed butt if you want to go the straight fat route also.  What other seasonings are you using besides jalapenos? Bacon may ruin/mask the taste from the other spices .

 

[electchief]

I've used P & S seasonings and hi mountain. Haven't came up with one of my own yet.

 

[electchief]

Does anyone have a list of ingredients they use that work well, and would be willing to share