Venison summer sausage using the smoker and sous vide

[crazymoon]

I made my annual Christmas time venison summer sausage a little different this year. Here's the main ingredients;

I usually go 7 pounds venison to 3 pounds pork butt-I didn't have my glasses on when I weighed the venison and read the scales wrong.I didn't discover my error until the next day when the meat was thawed. I only had 5.5 pounds of venny so I added 4.5 pounds of the leanest pork butt I could trim off a butt.

I ground up through a 3/16 plate twice and mixed in spices,cheese(1 pound for 10 pounds of meat) and 1 cup of diced jalapenos.

I stuffed into 61mm casings that had been soaked in lukewarm water for 45minutes and left in the fridge until the next day.My tools of the trade for stuffing come in handy:

The next morning I dried the sausage in the smoker for and hour+ at 120-130* and then hit them with hickory chips at 140* for two hours. After many questions and great answers from our SMF crew I went to the sous vide with my sausgae for 4.5 hours at 140*. Baldwins chart said 3.25 hours for my size casings and DaveOmak said an hour longer doesnt' hurt. The sausage was a bit crowded in the container so I went a bit longer.Into the snow they went for an hour :

I cut into them today and they are perfect!!! I will do all my VSS this way from now on.

All packed up and ready to give out at Christmas time. Thanks for looking, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all at SMF! CM

 

[crazzycajun]

Looks great the summer sausage mix I get from sm already has fermento in it. Ordered their jalapeño powder to add to my next batch after the holidays. How was the heat with the pickled jalapeños?

 

[TNJAKE]

That's looks great. You nailed it

 

[motocrash]

Great lookin' VSS CM.
I say the snow cool helps the finished product also.It seems every time I see the snow cool method here, the sausage is perfect.
You must not have a snow dog.

 

[crazymoon]

Looks great the summer sausage mix I get from sm already has fermento in it. Ordered their jalapeño powder to add to my next batch after the holidays. How was the heat with the pickled jalapeños?

CC, I would add the whole 12ounces next time for 10 pounds,only used 8.The VSS has some heat but mild.

 

[baboy]

Looks great, I used to smoke my braunsweiger start to finish in the smoker but now do it like you did. the end product is much better.

 

[73saint]

Man that sho looks good! I have made ss once, but it didn't turn out so well. I will again one day.

 

[chopsaw]

Looks fantastic . Nice work .

 

[mike243]

Looks great, I have a ? do the casings you used let the smoke in? then into the SV bath? wouldn't that wash any smoke off ? just wondering as I need to make some soon thanks

 

[crazymoon]

Looks great, I have a ? do the casings you used let the smoke in? then into the SV bath? wouldn't that wash any smoke off ? just wondering as I need to make some soon thanks

Mike, I use a fibrous casing that lets smoke in and then I vacseal the sausage when it comes out of the smoker to waterproof it before the SV bath. There is a high barrier casing that is water proof but it is also smoke proof.

 

[crazymoon]

Looks fantastic . Nice work .

CS, Thank -you for the help!!!!!!

 

[R Blum]

Looks great. Your killing me here. Doing my yearly Venison Summer Sausage next week.

 

[Mastercaster]

Looks awesome!

 

[crazymoon]

Looks great. Your killing me here. Doing my yearly Venison Summer Sausage next week.

RB, Try the sous vide if you have one,it makes the process so much easier.You'll know exacly when the sausage is done with no fat out or wrinkling.

 

[bthurston]

beautiful!

 

[SmokinAl]

Awesome my friend!
It just looks delicious!
Al

 

[creek bottom]

Looks fantastic!!! Similar to the way I do ours, only I use 75/25 ground beef for the summer sausage. We use pork with the venison in our hot sausage and kielbasi, but I found that I like beef better in the bologna (summer sausage)... Just my preference... Yours looks marvelous! LIKE!!!

 

[hoity toit]

You really nailed that one. The SS look great ! Will have to try your Sv method next run I do.

HT

 

[DanMcG]

Great looking SS, I don't think I ever had one look so perfect.
What was the texture like at 140°?

 

[redneckviddles]

after you were done in the SV, did you re-bag the sausage after cooling in the snow?