Lovin' The Fatties, Italian Style (Q-View)

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bison

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Jul 22, 2013
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This is only my second go round with a fatty and I must say, I'm hooked.  This one was an Italian style.  

Started with 1lb regular JD and 1lb hot Italian from my local grocery store meat case.


Added hard salami 


Next came pepperoni 


Followed by banana peppers


Then to get my greens in for the day, spinach 


Lastly and few slices of provolone cheese


Rolled tightly in plastic wrap and chilled in the fridge for about 3 hrs.


Finished slices.  Smoked with oak pellets in my AMNPS at 225 to an IT of 165.

 
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Looks great. I am waiting for Pork Butts to go on sale so I can make Italian Sausage. I will have to Smoke a Fattie, gotta have some Peppers and Onions though...JJ
 
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wow. looks awesome
 
 
just pulled my first fattie, and while I have not tested it yet, had hoped would be darker. cooked at 225 for about 1 1/2 hr and aubers said I had 180 IT so I pulled it.

this is feta cheese, black olives, salami, and basil pesto fattie.

small blowout of cheese, know my problem was putting fillings to close to edge. Will correct on next one.
 
a few questions on fatties...

firstly, would have liked it to have a little more smoke flavor, however, I only used 1/2 roll store bought sausage in a quart bag. therefore was smaller than usual and got done on the inside before getting enough smoke on it. sound reasonable? if I wanted to smoke mini fattie that size maybe reduce temperature to 200 degrees?

secondly, after eating a couple of pieces was thinking it was so rich needed to be toned down. thinking 1/2 sausage half hamburger or half sausage half ground turkey?
 
You could try turning the heat down a bit.  That would defiantly give it more time to smoke.  I wouldn't go any lower than 200 deg.  

I have made one that was all ground chicken with ham and swiss on the inside.  That was really good and on the lighter side.  Give the 1/2 and 1/2 a try and let us know how it turns out.  Its all about trial and error to find out what you like.
 
I haven't got to a fattie yet but is on my to do list. This post is pushing me to get it done. Thanks for posting.

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Disco
 
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