[USA] Buckaroo's Bacon Sausage
[USA] Buckaroo's Bacon Sausage
2/3 of the meat and most of the fat ground through an 1/8 plate 1/3 of the meat in lean chunks. 2% salt, .25% cure#1 and 1% brown sugar. Distribute the cure mix before grinding. mix everything until very sticky after grinding fill 3.5 inch fiber casing as firmly as possible. Smoke over beech wood for 9 hours cold, finish in 170°F oven until IT =135°F. About 5 hours.
Finished weight 4.5 pounds.
Finished weight 4.5 pounds.
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Wow Ross, that's a beautiful sausage. Is it for the church breakfast project coming up soon? Is that an original recipe pard? If so, what do you call it. Will you let me list it in the MRI?
Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon
Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably needs more time on the grill!
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Ross, my ol' friend...
Is that about 5 lbs of sausage? What a great way to make a bacon sausage. The photo of the cooked product is mouthwatering.
I've got a question though. You wrote:
Is that about 5 lbs of sausage? What a great way to make a bacon sausage. The photo of the cooked product is mouthwatering.
I've got a question though. You wrote:
Will you allow me to boost up your formula a couple of degrees (to destroy any possible trichinella spiralis) at 138°. The texture will not suffer even if you prep-cook it into the lower 140's. Man o' man... this stuff looks terrific. How about letting me help you write up a recipe and a name for it? We could call it Ross' "Buckaroo Bacon", or how about.... "Barb Wire Bacon"? Or... "Bullshipper's Bacon". Geeeeze.... we could even call it Maryland Mystery Meat!finish in 170°F oven until IT =135°F. About 5 hours.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably needs more time on the grill!
CW that works for me. When I cut meat for grinding I start with portions equal to about half a butt that I have hard frozen and then allowed to warm up in the fridge for about 12 hours. That way it is still frozen but soft enough to cut cleanly into inch thick slices. Then I cut the slices into chunks sorting the lean from the fat . About 1/3 lean and 2/3 fat. I mix the salt 1.8% , cure#1 .25% and the brown sugar 1% in a bowl and sprinkle the mixture over the two bowls of meat. There is twice as much fat meat as lean meat so the distribution follows that ratio. I mix it that way and then grind the fat meat first coarsely and then through a 1/8 plate. I mix the lean into the fat mince and allow it to warm up until the lean chunks have thawed soft. I mix several times to keep the mixture at a uniform rate of warming and it is still very cold. When the chunks of lean are soft I stuff into a 3.5 fiber casing that has been soaking since I started mixing. I use a #303 can with both ends cut out for a funnel. Shaking and squeezing and needle venting air pockets as I fill. When I am through the finished sausage will almost bounce. I wipe the outside clean and put it in the smoker as soon as I can get a controlled fire going. I smoked this one over beech wood for about ten hours. When I brought it in I wiped the outside of the casing clean of a light film of soot and put the link in the oven at 170°F. At midnight it had reach 130°F and I set the oven controls for 2 more hours and went to bed. When I next saw it there was a tablespoonful of fat cooked out and it had cooled and I moved it to the fridge.
It was well received today at the festival and several asked if I would make it for sale.
It was well received today at the festival and several asked if I would make it for sale.
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