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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 11:12
by Butterbean
Adding boiling water is a new one on me. What and why is this done?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 16:25
by redzed
Stefan thanks for the detailed description about making this sausage. Looks just about perfect to me and I would love to have a taste! Your smoker is doing a great job in smoking the sausage so evenly, something I just can't always get right with my electric model.

And as to Butterbean's question about using hot water, I was also surprised about this practice when I first heard about it. We are always told to use ice cold water so that we don't warm the meat and cause fat smearing and for safety reasons. Well, the theory behind this Polish practice is that it will improve the texture of the sausage and not make it rubbery, but more tender, softer and brittle. When I asked my dad, who learned the craft in Poland, he said that often, rather than water, they also added a hot flavoured bone broth to improve the texture and flavour. Looking at Stefans kielbasa, the hot water addition worked very well.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 17:00
by Butterbean
That's interesting. I'll have to give that a try.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 20:08
by StefanS
Butterbean
Posted: Today 6:12    Post subject:

Adding boiling water is a new one on me. What and why is this done?

Partially Chris answered that question, I would like to add one thing - boiling or hot water is destroying/softening collagen structural properties in that case. It is making in other words texture more "fragile". Also amount of hot water used in that process in minimal so we not changed that much protein or fat. During that process collagen in changed in gelatin so during thermal process of finishing kielbasa with careful you will have some very tasty jelly between meat particle or empty spaces. Additional thing about that "fragile" texture is mixing. It is about not letting meat to be sticky like regular kielbasa.
Redzed wrote - When I asked my dad, who learned the craft in Poland, he said that often, rather than water, they also added a hot flavoured bone broth to improve the texture and flavour.
I agree but with one condition that bone broth not contain bone fat (bone marrow has a lot of "bad"fat).

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 04:09
by StefanS
Christmas, and New Year celebrations are coming so it is time to prepare to that Special part of year. Part of that is my preparations - just want to show a part of it. Kielbasa, plus wet cured, smoked, poached "wedzonki", pork loin specially prepared in 3 versions, also beef "basturma" and pork loin prepared in same way.
Kielbasa - Hunters (mysliwska), kielbasa "kabanosowa" ( I have tried to make Kabanas' but lost patients and made it in normal casings), Ham (szynkowa) kielbasa made in 2 1/2" diameter casing (wife request)
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Some Wedzonki
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Pork loin "lososiowy" - 2 of them over wrap in 1/4" thick layer of back fat, then in beef hung. Cold smoked (24 hours) in 4 days period.
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Basturma style beef and pork loin
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 13:47
by Bob K
Awsome! You must have a large crew to feed :!:

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 18:36
by redzed
Wow Stefan! All prima classe! Beautiful looking work. Your family and friends are lucky to have you!
Wesołych świąt!

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 01:57
by StefanS
Bob K wrote:Awsome! You must have a large crew to feed :!:
large crew it is one thing- family, friends - nobody is leaving my house hungry for sure. But using at once is some times not option, so I prefer saving some products for future. Usually some part of kielbasa or "wedzonki" I prepare for storage. Vacpak, quick freeze part of unfinished production (smoked but not finished by poaching or finished in smoker).
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When I need a fresh nice kielbasa, just defrosting a package in refrigerator (usually 2 days)
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then poach it in traditional way.
It is fresh, tasty like just made polish kielbasa - here "szynkowa" ham kielbasa and "swojska".
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 02:39
by martin
Looks good 😊
I have to make some szynkowa , do you cut lean meat with knife or grind with kidney plate?

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 04:40
by redzed
Looks good Stefan! And that is a good idea about freezing and poaching the sausage later. :grin:

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 17:30
by StefanS
Hi all. Last weekend I made again some kielbasa. Here are pictures.
Hunters sausage, Wiejska, Krakowska

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Also I have made some Polish cold smoked - after 2 days of hanging in 4-6*C room plus 32 hours of cold smoking in temp 10-20*C
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BTW - i'm having problem with posting pictures by Photobucket - it is time consuming. Is there any other way to post pictures on WD?

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 18:08
by Butterbean
Those look nice. Great job!

If you use Facebook you can copy the image address of the FB photo then paste it in the box that comes up after you click the Img button and it will post it here.

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 23:23
by redzed
Hi Stefan! As always, another series of fantastic sausages! Image
The Polish cold smoked looks especially good, and it's a sausage that I have never made myself. Gotta do it!

Unfortunately Photobucket is slow and awkward, but I got used to it. Mybe take a look at the Polish hosting site http://www.fotosik.pl/ and see how that works.

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 21:00
by StefanS
Hi All. Today photobucket is working a little better so I would like to share something very simple but also very popular in center Europe. It is called in Polish - Kotlet schabowy - pan fry pork loin. That recipe is specially dedicated for Butterbean for try.
So i used a slices of fresh center cut pork loin, about 1/2" thick.
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during tenderizing I have used plastic Ziplock bag to not making a mess in kitchen

slices are around 1/8 -3/16" thick.

then is time to prepare other ingredients - eggs with salt, black pepper, also i have used homemade dried veggies mix.

Eggs are beaten, some sprinkled salt, black pepper, veggie mix also over slices of meat, then on top of it is used bread crumble (home made also - Italian and French dried bread grinned thru 3 mm plate)
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Pieces of meat dipped in beaten eggs then in bread crumbles. Then it is fried on frying pan with addition of lard on midium heat until brownish gold on both sides

- two pieces done and one pieces ready to be fried - on picture.
Then is dinner - ready - mash patotoes, pork loin, marinated red pepper, cucumber in brine. It is very tasty, quick and easy to prepare that dish.
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 01:09
by fatboyz
That looks great. Very much like a schnitzel. I add dress morel mushrooms to the pan and mushroom gravy. Instead of potatoes I make home made spätzle then fry that with speck and red onion.