Homemade Sausage Making

So I decided to make some of Chuckwagons Hobble Creek Hot Dogs. These are a keeper recipe!!!
You can get the recipe here http://wedlinydomowe.pl/en/viewtopic.php?t=5079

I used groumd beef from Costco which was 90/10. I followed the recipe exactly except I used a blender wand to emulsify the meat and ingrediants. The blender wand did work well but I think it over taxed the motor as is sure did get warm but still works like a champ.



hand mixed in the spices



Then i mixed in the cure and emulsified the meat and hand mixed some more.



Then I stuffed the Casings



Then Tied the Casings and had about six blow outs, first time using these casings so thats why I have some short hot dogs.



Set the poaching system up



Took the water to about 180 degrees and poached the hot dogs to an IT of 160° F.



I had a little mishap while poaching the hotdogs. I waited twenty minutes before inserting the temp probe to check the IT of the meat. Oh boy,was that a mistake, I had hot grease spraying out the hole I stuck the probe in and it went all over my arm and refrigerator, wife missed that one

In for a cold water bath



Refrigerated for a couple hours and then tooke the casings off



Cooked them on the Grill





And finally Plated, Lighting is bad, sorry!!!

Be very careful with that crock pot on the stove top. The plastic base doesn't tolerate very much heat. I had to put a wooden base on the one at church because someone set in on a hot burner.

Looks like a brand-spankin' new poacher, too..

Emulsifying: yeah, you better have plenty of power in your blender/processor as the meat paste makes for quite a load of resistance. My processor worked fine (direct drive versus belt) & had large enough capacity to make it more efficient. Now I just double-grind (fine) & skip the whole emulsification process. Good results & half the hassle.

speaking of blow-outs: Just wait until you try natural sheep casings for hot dogs. Best keep a sharp eye on flow with those type of casings. VERY delicate.

Nice job on the dogs! they look tasty!

- Kevin

Magnifique' Keymaster!
Now, aren't those much better than the hot dogs you buy in a grocery store? No comparison is there? Hey Aaron, did you know that Americans today, consume six hundred hot dogs every second! That`s more than 16 billion each year... seven billion during the summer months alone!
Now someone's doing a heck of a lot of emusification eh?
Thanks for tryin' my recipe. I appreciate the nice comments too. Hope you enjoyed them enough to do it again. Looks like you sure know how to cook 'em!

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

Chuckwagon wrote:Magnifique' Keymaster!
Now, aren't those much better than the hot dogs you buy in a grocery store? No comparison is there? Hey Aaron, did you know that Americans today, consume six hundred hot dogs every second! That`s more than 16 billion each year... seven billion during the summer months alone!
Now someone's doing a heck of a lot of emusification eh?
Thanks for tryin' my recipe. I appreciate the nice comments too. Hope you enjoyed them enough to do it again. Looks like you sure know how to cook 'em!

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

Best hot dog I ever had and wife said she would never buy hot dogs from the store again, Now that scared me

Thanks for the headsup on the heat from the stove Ross, I appreciate your concern!!!!

Thanks for the nice compliments Kevin!!!

Aaron

Those look great Keymaster! Excellent!

What kind of casings are those and where did you get them?

The dogs look really good, I want to give them a try.

thanks,
dave

dpeart wrote:What kind of casings are those and where did you get them?

The dogs look really good, I want to give them a try.

thanks,
dave

Thanks Dave,They are Cellulose casings. They were the 33 Cal Peelable casings, You Can get them here, http://www.dupeyequipment.com/images/ca ... atalog.pdf

Allied Kenco also sells the cellulose casings. http://www.alliedkenco.com/230.aspx

Those Dogs look really good, I've been wanting to try Chuckwagons recipe, time permitting I may have to do it very soon.