POP'S BREAKFAST SAUSAGE

[shoe821]

Getting ready to make some breakfast sausage and I have read great reviews on Pop's breakfast sausage seasoning. I plan on making 22.5 lbs. I will be using 10 lbs of venison, 10 lbs of pork shoulder and 2 1/2 lbs of pork fat. My question is on using water or not? I don't see on here where anyone is using some ice water in the mix. Most sausages I've made uses some water to help dissolve salt and evenly distribute seasonings. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks,

TROY

 

[wild west]

If you mix it well with a dough hook on the kitchen aid and let it sit for a few hours before stuffing the flavours will blend through just fine. But if it's easier for you a couple cups of ice water with that amount of meat won't hurt the finish product. Water also makes it easier to stuff into the caseings

 

[crankybuzzard]

Toss all of your seasonings in with your cubed meat before you grind it. That also helps get the seasonings distributed, but Wild West is right on target.

 

[shoe821]

Thanks Wild West & CrankyBuzzard for the help. Sorry for the late reply. Think I will leave the water out since I will not be stuffing into casings. Gonna make some this weekend. I will also be adding the seasoning before grinding.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Yep we primarily make patties and never use water. Always turns out tasty. We like to add garlic into the mix also. Hand mix ours as I like a course texture.

 

[worktogthr]

I have always used water for no other reason but that I use it in every sausage recipe haha

 

[driedstick]

My batches of it never water,,, patties also,,, maybe if you stuff it I would add water for easier stuffing 

Let us know 

DS 

 

[wazzuqer]

Troy, I use water with mine as well , to me it seems to mix better, I use a 50 50 mix as well, just had some for breakfast that we made in January , boy was it good...

 

[shoe821]

Thank you all for the replies. I made the breakfast sausage today and it turned out great. I decided to leave the water out this time since I am only doing patty sausage. The sausage turned out great! I added all the seasoning to the meat before I grinded it with 1/4" plate. Mixed it really well by hand and ground it again with a 1/8" plate. Seasoning seems well distributed throughout the meat. I did add a little cayenne for personal taste. I will definitely be making more!

 

[shoe821]

Thank you all for the replies. I made the breakfast sausage today and it turned out really good. I decided to leave the water out this time since I am only doing patty sausage. The sausage turned out great! I added all the seasoning to the meat before I grinded it with 1/4" plate. Mixed it really well by hand and ground it again with a 1/8" plate. Seasoning seems well distributed throughout the meat. I did add a little cayenne for personal taste. I will definitely be making more!