Vinison blend ratio / help processing

[cjmac]

So this will be the first hunting season for me and wife in few years . My uncle used to own land and process our deer. Hes passed now , we are on our own now and own property. We love ground deer burger for making chease burgers , breakfast patties , and in place of beef for dinners sometimes. LOVE summer sausage and snack sticks ...

problem is my uncle is gone and so are his recipes. He always seasoned and added the beef fat the ground we used for hamburgers , breakfast patties and summer sausage ..

Is 30% beef fat to much for the ground? Especially if making summer sausage? I add cheddar to the hi mountain jalapeño summer sausage kit , its great !

For the seasoning for making breakfast patties and chease burgers what yall recommend?

Thanks

 

[indaswamp]

You can use 30% no problem IMO. Lots of people use 20-25%. For our ground venison and beef, we use 20%. I would recommend doing a small test batch of 1 0r 2 pounds of grind do 80/20 and a batch of 70/30. pull a couple ounces out of each and fry that up...see how you like the ratio. Then pull out 1 ounce of 80/20 and 1 ounce of 70/30 and mix that together...now you have 75/25....fry that up. Now you can compare and know how each ratio tastes. Mix it how you like it.

How much meat are you processing? Are you looking to make a sage pattie fresh sausage? What kind of summer sausage are you looking for? Lots of members here can recommend recipes, or you can use the search function.