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I have some ground deer from the processor with what i estimate at a 90/10 ratio with fat. I want to make some brats and mix 50/50 with pork shoulder. Will using the ground deer that has beef fat, give the sausage a bad flavor?0
Depends on what type of beef fat he used in the mix. Not all beef fat is ideal for sausage. I have found that beef brisket trim fat is good fat for sausage, which is what some texas smokehouses use when making Texas beef hot links.
It will be fine when making venison summer sausage I use 70% venison 20% beef fat and 10% pork fat and people seem to like it.
When grinding venison for burgers and such I mix with about 15% beef fat and no pork to me beef tastes closer to venison than pork does.
I used my sausage fat calc and deer with 10% beef fat and pork shoulder at 30% should give you 20% fat sausages. They could be a bit dry or clumpy. I like a min of 25% and would rather be at 30%, but let us know how it was.