Category: Sausage Making

July 22, 2018 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Chicken Recipes, Italian Recipes, Main Courses, Poutry, Sandwiches, Sausage Making

How to Make Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage Patties – Making the Best Burger at Home!

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How to Make Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage Patties - Making the Best Burger at Home!
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Recipe type: Burgers / Patties / Sausages
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 8
 
Burgers are so good that you could almost call them the staple food of the universe. Once in a while a really exceptional burger comes along to prove you have not tasted it all. This patty is one of the really outstanding, super tasty recipes that takes the burger to a whole new level.
Ingredients
  • 800g Chicken fillet
  • 30ml Garlic powder
  • 45ml Dried Italian herb blend
  • 15ml Fennel seed
  • 15ml Coarsely ground black pepper
  • 7.5ml Salt
  • 30ml Oil
  • 30g Butter
Instructions
  1. To start, cut 800g of chicken breast into cubes.
  2. Place the chicken in a large shallow pan and transfer this to your freezer for 45 to 60 minutes until it is partially frozen.
  3. Measure out 30ml garlic powder, 45ml dried Italian herb blend, 15ml fennel seeds, 15ml coarsely ground black pepper, and 7.5ml salt.
  4. Run the partially frozen chicken through your mincer using a 4mm plate.
  5. Transfer the ground chicken to a large mixing bowl and add all of the dry ingredients.
  6. Mix this thoroughly by hand for about 5 minutes until everything is well combined and the mixture is a uniform color throughout.
  7. To press the patties, place a breadfilm bag over your scale and measure out a 100g portion of the chicken.
  8. Remove the scale and fold the film over the chicken.
  9. Use a flat bottom plate to press the patty to your desired thickness and diameter.
  10. Use you dough scraper to round off any uneven bulges in the patty and smooth it of to an absolutely even thickness.
  11. If you have patty press, go agead and press the patties.
  12. Once again, you can resize the diameter of the patties by pressing them again with a flat plate.
  13. Place 30g butter and 30ml oil in a large pan and heat this over medium high heat.
  14. Add the patties to the pan and fry them for 2 minutes.
  15. Flip the patties and fry for a further 2 minutes.
  16. Flip them again and fry for a further 60 seconds.
  17. And one final flip and another 60 seconds.
  18. Lift the patties from the pan and transfer them to your buns and you're ready to go.

 

September 30, 2017 4th of July Cookout, Accompaniments, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, French Recipes, Garnishes, Potato Recipes, Sausage Making, Snack Food, Thanksgiving, Vegetable, Vegetarian Recipes

Bulk Producing Potato Croquettes at Home

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Bulk Producing Potato Croquettes at Home
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Recipe type: Potatoes
Cuisine: French
Serves: 2kg
 
Potato croquettes are an all-time favorite with their creamy inside and super-crispy shell. Made in small quantities, they are actually quite a hassle to make, especially considering that they are an accompaniment. Today we're going to make these in bulk, allowing you to freeze the croquettes and use them as required without all the hassle.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
  • 2kg Roughly mashed potato
  • 60ml Full cream milk
  • 2 Tbs Salt
  • 1 Tsp White pepper
  • 4 Tbs Dried onion flakes
  • 4 Egg yolks, beaten
  • 6 Tbs All-purpose flour
For the Coating:
  • Eggs, beaten
  • All- purpose flour
  • Finely crushed cornflakes or breadcrumbs
Special Equipment
  • Sausage stuffer
  • 300mm Ruler or strip of rigid plastic
Instructions
  1. To start, place 2kg of roughly mashed potato in you mixer bowl.
  2. Add 2 Tablespoons salt, 1 teaspoon white pepper, 4 tablespoons dried onion flakes and 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour.
  3. Combine 4 egg yolks with 60ml of full cream milk and pour this in.
  4. Place the bowl on your mixer with the dough hook attached and mix the mash until totally combined. This will take about 5 minutes. You can also mix it by hand if you don't have a mixer.
  5. Attach the funnel of your choice to your sausage stuffer. I am using a 35mm funnel, but you can go with any diameter of your choice.
  6. Fill the hopper with the potato mixture making sure to press it down after each addition to avoid air pockets in the mix.
  7. Close the hopper and advance the plunger.
  8. For the next step, you will need a school ruler, or a length of reasonably rigid plastic.
  9. The potato mixture will be extruded along the plastic to make long cylinders of potato mix.
  10. Advance the mixture along the funnel until it reaches the end of the funnel.
  11. Hold the plastic under the funnel while advancing the potato, progressively moving the plastic at the same rate as the potato exits the funnel.
  12. As it nears the end of the ruler, slice the potato off clean.
  13. Roll the log of potato from the ruler into a large pan.
  14. Continue until all of the potato has been extruded. At this diameter, you will get about 2 meters of extruded potato.
  15. Cover the pans and transfer them to your freezer overnight.
  16. The following day you will need a bowl of all-purpose flour, whisked eggs, and a bowl of finely crushed cornflakes or breadcrumbs. These quantities are all dependent on how much potato you processed.
  17. Take a little of the flour and sprinkle it over a couple of large platters. This is where the coated croquettes will sit waiting to be fried, and the flour will prevent the coating from sticking to the platter and getting damaged.
  18. Remove the potato logs from the freezer and use a strong knife to chop these into equal lengths.
  19. Working with one portion at a time, dredge the croquette in the flour.
  20. Roll the potato in the egg to wet all of the flour.
  21. And then into the crumb to get a good solid coating all over.
  22. Transfer this this to one of the platters and continue with the remaining croquettes.
  23. To fry the croquettes, half fill a wok with oil and heat this to 170c or 340f.
  24. Carefully add the croquettes to the oil and fry them for 3 to 4 minutes. Give them a gentle stir every minute to ensure even browning. You can also par-fry for 60 seconds to set the coating, remove from the oil, cool and refreeze for super-quick croquettes in the future.
  25. Use a slotted spoon to remove the crispy croquettes from the oil and drain any excess oil on kitchen paper.
  26. Serve the croquettes piping hot as an accompaniment to your main course.
  27. Thanks for joining us today, please subscribe, like, and share, and we'll see you again tomorrow.

 

February 25, 2017 Curing Meats, Italian Recipes, Mediterranean Recipes, Pizzas, Pork, Sausage Making

How to Make Pizza Salami – Full Flavored and Aromatic Cooked Salami

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How to Make Pizza Salami - Full Flavored and Aromatic Cooked Salami
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Recipe type: Cured Meat
Cuisine: Italian
 
Pizza salami, or cooked salami is the super-quick way to get amazing tasting cured salami without the long curing time. As it is not dry-aged like fermented salami, the moisture content is far higher than its counterpart, which makes it far more suitable as a pizza topping. This how to make it....
Ingredients
  • 1800g Pork Shoulder (boneless, skin off)
  • 450g Pork back fat
  • 50g Kosher salt (or Himalayan rock salt)
  • 6g Prague powder
  • 45g Golden syrup
  • 12g Fennel seeds
  • 12g Cracked black pepper
  • 6g Fresh crushed garlic
  • 125ml Dry red wine
Other
  • 6-7 Mini-salami casings
  • 6-7 Snap ties
Instructions
  1. Cut the pork shoulder into slices narrow enough to fit through the feeder tube of your meat grinder.
  2. Cut the pork back fat into strips as well.
  3. Place the 2 trays in your freezer for 60 minutes to get really cold, even partially frozen.
  4. While the meat chills, measure out the salt, Prague powder, fennel seeds, roughly cracked black pepper and garlic.
  5. Combine the golden syrup with the red wine and mix this until the syrup has totally dissolved.
  6. Fit the 8mm plate to your grinder and run the fat through the grinder.
  7. After this, run the pork through the grinder.
  8. Place the ground meat and fat into your stand mixer bowl.
  9. Unless you have had delays, the meat and fat should still be really cold. If it isn't, return it to the freezer until well chilled before continuing.
  10. Add all of the remaining ingredients to the mixer bowl as well.
  11. Place the bowl on your mixer with the dough hook fitted and mix this for 5 to 8 minutes on medium slow speed, until everything is well combined.
  12. Cover the bowl with cling-wrap and place it your refrigerator for 24 hours to cure.
  13. The following day, load the meat into the hopper of your sausage stuffer and fit the 40mm funnel to the stuffer.
  14. Slide a min-salami casing onto the funnel and start cranking. You need to keep a reasonable pressure on the casing to ensure that the meat is well compacted in the casing.
  15. As it comes to the end of the casing, stop cranking and remove the casing.
  16. Twist off the end of the casing and use a snap-tie or zip tie to secure the end. Using a small pair of pliers can be a big help in tightening the tie.
  17. Once all of the salamis are formed, use a carving fork to poke holes along one side of the casings.
  18. Transfer the salamis to a rack in a large roasting tin with the perforated sides facing downward.
  19. Cook these in a preheated oven set at 90c or 194f until the internal temperature reaches anywhere between 67c and 72c, or in farenheit, between 152 and 162f.
  20. This process will take between 3 and a half hours and 4 hours.
  21. Towards the end of this time, remove one of the salamis from the oven and check the internal temperature by inserting a probe thermometer from end down the middle.
  22. When the temperature is in the safe zone, remove the salamis from the oven. Allow them to cool completely, then transfer them to your refrigerator to set overnight. If you try to cut them before this, half of the salami with remain stuck to the casing.
  23. And there it is, beautifully rosy, rich and aromatic cooked salami.... ready to eat, and ready to treat.

 

December 10, 2016 Chicken Recipes, Curing Meats, Italian Recipes, Mediterranean Recipes, Poutry, Sausage Making

How to Make Chicken Salami – Well Textured, Aromatic Chicken Salami with an Excellent Flavor Profile

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How to Make Chicken Salami - Well Textured, Aromatic Chicken Salami with an Excellent Flavor Profile
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Recipe type: Chicken / Sausage
Cuisine: Italian
 
Just the other day we made an amazing pepperoni, and I was inundated with requests to do something similar using chicken. This is a fantastic Milanese salami adapted to chicken. The result is beautifully succulent and spicy with very well rounded flavor profile.
Ingredients
  • 1.8kg Deboned chicken thigh - skin on
  • 36g Prague powder
  • 5ml Ground white pepper
  • 5ml Ground black pepper
  • 5ml Garlic granules
  • 5ml Sugar
  • 5ml Ground coriander seed
  • 5ml Ground cardamom
  • 100ml Red grape juice or red wine
  • 4 to 5 Min Salami cases (50mm x 250mm)
Instructions
  1. Cut the deboned chicken thighs into cubes and spread them out across a large roasting tin. Transfer the tin to your freezer for 45 minutes to firm up for grinding.
  2. While the chicken chills, measure out the Prague powder, ground white pepper, cracked black pepper, garlic granules, sugar, ground coriander seed and ground cardamom.
  3. Combine these and mix thoroughly breaking down any lumps as you go.
  4. Remove the chicken from the freezer and run it through your grinder using an 8mm plate.
  5. Sprinkle the spice blend over the meat and mix this in until combined.
  6. Pour in the red wine or red grape juice and mix this in until all of the liquid has been absorbed by the chicken.
  7. Transfer the meat to your sausage stuffer and fit the 40mm funnel.
  8. Crank the handle to advance the meat to the end of the funnel.
  9. Slip a mini salami casing onto the funnel and crank the handle to fill the casing. Apply firm pressure while filling in order to get a well compacted salami.
  10. Remove the casing and twist off the end.
  11. Use a length of twine to tie the end off, then continue with the remaining salamis.
  12. Place the salamis on a rack over a pan and prick the casings along one side with a pin. Position the pricked side facing downwards.
  13. Transfer the tray to a preheated oven at 90c or 194f until the internal temperature reaches 72c or 161f.
  14. Use a probe thermometer to monitor the temperature every 60 minutes.
  15. The cooking process will takes 3 to 4 hours.
  16. Remove the salamis from the oven and allow them to cool before transferring them to your refrigerator to set completely.
  17. And there it is, a beautifully, firm, well textured and supremely tasty chicken salami.

 

December 1, 2016 Beef, Curing Meats, Dried Meat Recipes, Italian Recipes, Mediterranean Recipes, Pork, Sausage Making

How to Make Pepperoni – Spicy and Aromatic homemade Pepperoni

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How to Make Pepperoni - Spicy and Aromatic homemade Pepperoni
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Recipe type: Sausage / Curing meat
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 7
 
Pepperoni is an all-time favorite. This cured and fermented sausage is absolutely loaded with flavor and aroma.
Ingredients
  • 2kg Pork butt (fat included)
  • 1kg Beef chuck (fat included)
  • 80g Prague powder #2
  • 10ml Sugar
  • 20ml Cayenne pepper
  • 30ml Paprika
  • 15ml Aniseed
  • 5ml Dried garlic granules
  • 300ml Dry red wine
  • 1.25ml Ascorbic acid (pure vitamin C)
Instructions
  1. Measure out the Prague powder, sugar, cayenne pepper, paprika, aniseed, garlic granules, red wine and ascorbic acid.
  2. Cut the pork butt into cubes. For those not in North America, the pork butt is the very top end of the shoulder.
  3. Cut the chuck steak into cubes as well.
  4. Don't remove any of the fat from either.
  5. Place all of the meat in a large roasting tin and place this in your freezer for 60 minutes to firm up in preparation for grinding.
  6. Combine all of the spices and use a fork to break down any lumps.
  7. After 60 minutes, the meat will be close to frozen, and nice and firm.
  8. Run the 2 meats through the grinder separately using an 8mm or one third inch grinding plate.
  9. Pour the curing spice blend and the wine over the ground meat and massage this into the meat thoroughly while also mixing the pork and beef together.
  10. Tamp the meat down, cover the pan with cling-wrap and transfer this to your refrigerator for 24 hours.
  11. The following day, load the meat into your sausage stuffer.
  12. Attach a 40mm nozzle to the stuffer and crank the handle until the meat reaches the exit of the funnel.
  13. Slide a mini salami casing onto the funnel. (50mm x 250mm)
  14. Apply firm pressure to the casing with one hand while cranking with the other.
  15. The pressure applied is far more than when loosely stuffing sausages. With cured fermented sausage, you want the filling to be far more compacted, leaving no space for air pockets which could lead to spoiling.
  16. As the filling nears then end of the casing, remove the casing from the funnel and twist off the end.
  17. Place slip knot around the end of the casing and pull it tight while twisting the casing to further compact the filling.
  18. Turn the casing over and secure this with a double knot, turn it again, and tie another double knot.
  19. Trim off the ends and continue with remaining pepperonis.
  20. To ferment and dry the pepperoni, hang them from their loops at a temperature between 10c and 13c with a humidity between 75 and 80 percent for 6 to 12 weeks, depending on how dry and how fermented you want your pepperoni.
  21. NB - the humidity in the drying area has to be high in order to avoid casing - this is when the outside of the pepperoni dries solid while the inside is still soft and mushy. Once the pepperoni has cased it is ruined, and should be thrown away.

 

November 22, 2016 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Breakfast, Cheese, Chicken Recipes, Main Courses, Mexican Recipes, Poutry, Sausage Making

How to Make Spicy, Cheesy Turkey Sausage – Full-Flavor Homemade Turkey Sausage!!!

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How to Make Spicy, Cheesy Turkey Sausage - Full-Flavor Homemade Turkey Sausage!!!
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Recipe type: Sausage
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 3kg
 
This spicy turkey cheese sausage is out of this world. Tender juicy ground turkey, spiced with Mexican spice blend and loads of mature cheese will have you guests lining up for more.
Ingredients
  • 2.6kg Turkey meat, cubed
  • 300g Well matured cheddar or Monterey Jack
  • 250ml Chilled water
  • 22mm Collagen casings
For the Spice Blend
  • 30ml Ground cumin
  • 30ml Ground coriander seed
  • 30ml Paprika
  • 30ml Oregano
  • 10ml Chilli powder
  • 10ml Garlic powder
  • 50g Salt
Instructions
  1. Starting with the spice blend, place the ground cumin, ground coriander seed, paprika, oregano, chilli powder, garlic powder and salt on a bowl and mix this until combined.
  2. Place the cubed turkey meat in a large roasting tin. You can use any part of the turkey, however the drumstick meat will yield the best result.
  3. Sprinkle the spice mixture over the meat and mix this in thoroughly.
  4. Transfer the pan to your freezer for 45 minutes to firm up. This is absolutely necessary as it aids your grinder to get a good clean grind with no fat smearing, resulting in a much better texture of sausage.
  5. Remove the meat from your freezer and and run it through the grinder with a 4mm plate fitted.
  6. Add the coarsely grated cheese to the meat and mix this in briefly.
  7. Pour in the well chilled water and mix everything together until all of water has been absorbed by the meat.
  8. Load the meat mixture into the hopper of your sausage stuffer.
  9. Fit an 18mm funnel to the stuffer and feed the 22mm collagen casing onto the funnel.
  10. Crank the stuffer until the meat reaches the end of the funnel, then twist off the casing.
  11. Apply gentle pressure to the casing at the end of the funnel and start cranking the handle.
  12. When the end of the casing is almost reached, stop cranking, remove the casing from the funnel and twist off the end.
  13. Continue with this process until all of the filling has been used.
  14. To make up individual sausages, crimp the sausage between your thumb and forefinger.
  15. Twist the sausage a few times, then snip it off in the center of the twisted section. Continue until all of the sausages are formed.
  16. Wrap the sausages and transfer them to your refrigerator overnight for the flavors to fully develop before cooking and serving.
  17. To cook the sausage, fry them gently in butter over medium heat until golden on all sides.
  18. Serve immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

May 15, 2016 Curing Meats, Dried Meat Recipes, Finger Foods, Sausage Making, Snack Food

How to Make Droewors – South Africa’s Version of Beef Jerky Sausage

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How to Make Droewors - South Africa's Version of Beef Jerky Sausage
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Recipe type: Cured and Dried Meat
Cuisine: South African
 
Droewors is South Africa's version of beef jerky sausage, or possibly it may be the other way around considering droewors has been around since the mid 1600s. The principal for droewors and jerky is identical except for the spices used to flavor the meat.
Ingredients
  • 2Kg Rump tails
  • 15g Salt (Kosher or Himalayan)
  • 5g Ground coriander
  • 2g Ground cloves
  • 5g Ground black pepper
  • 5g Saltpeter
  • 250ml White vinegar
Instructions
  1. Cut the meat into strips just small enough to fit through the feeder tube of your grinder. I am using rump tails, but you can use topside or silverside just as successfully.
  2. Place the meat in your freezer for 35 to 45 minutes until partially frozen. Measure out and combine the salt, ground coriander seed, ground cloves, ground black pepper, and saltpeter. If you can't find saltpeter you can use Prage powder 1 to substitute at a dosage of 20g. This will replace the salt and saltpeter.
  3. Remove the meat from the freezer and run it through your grinder using the coarse grinding plate.
  4. Place the ground meat back in the tray and return it to the freezer for 20 minutes. This chilling process keeps the fat solid and prevents it from smearing into the meat resulting in an inferior texture.
  5. Swap out the coarse grinding plate gor a medium grinding plate.
  6. Remove the meat from the freezer, add the spice mixture and mix this into the mince.
  7. Run the meat through the grinder again.
  8. Fit a 12mm funnel to your sausage filler and load the meat into the hopper of the filler.
  9. Feed the sausage casing onto the funnel. I am using 16mm collagen casings as they are just so much easier and cleaner to use than natural casings.
  10. Twist off the end of the casing and start filling. Twist off the end of the casing and continue with the next length of sausage.
  11. Pour a cup of white vinegar into a large pan and add enough boiling water to bring this to depth of a half an inch.
  12. Dip each length of sausage into the solution making sure to wet the sausage all over.
  13. Hang the sausage in a cool draughty place until it has lost 40 to 50 percent of its weight. This can take from 3 to 6 days depending on your weather and humidity conditions.
  14. And there it is, beautifully dried droewors, or beef sausage jerky just begging to be paired with a good cold beer.

 

April 5, 2016 Breakfast, Instructional Techniques, Pork, Sausage Making

How to Make Perfect Skinless Pork Sausages – Simple Skinless Sausage Trick

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How to Make Perfect Skinless Pork Sausages - Simple Skinless Sausage Trick
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Recipe type: Sausage Making
 
Today I am going to show you a cool trick to making skinless pork sausages, and the only equipment you'll need is a few plastic bread bags and a school ruler. To mince the meat you'll need a mincer, or simply get the butcher to mince it for you.
Ingredients
  • 1.2kg Pork shoulder, deboned
  • 15g Kosher salt
  • 5ml Ground white pepper
  • 1.25ml Ground cloves
  • 7.5ml Ground coriander seed
  • 1.25ml Ground nutmeg
  • 75ml White wine vinegar
Instructions
  1. Cut the pork shoulder into strips narrow enough to fit through the feeder tube of your mincer.
  2. Place these on a platter in a single layer and transfer them to your freezer for 45 minutes.
  3. After becoming semi-frozen, run the strips through your mincer using the coarse 8mm plate.
  4. Combine the salt, ground white pepper, ground cloves, ground coriander seed and ground nutmeg.
  5. Place the pork in a mixing bowl and massage the spices into the meat.
  6. Pour in the white wine vinegar and mix this in thoroughly. Transfer this to your freezer and re-chill the meat for another 30 minutes.
  7. After 30 minutes, run the meat through the mincer again using a fine 3mm plate.
  8. Divide the meat into 100g portions.
  9. Working with 1 portion at a time, place a portion in the center of a bread bag. Fold the bag over to enclose the pork.
  10. Hold the ruler parallel to the edge of the bag and at an angle of 45 degrees to the wok surface and compress the pork into shape.
  11. Continue until all of the sausages are formed. Transfer these to a platter or roasting in their plastic sleeves and place them in your freezer until totally frozen.
  12. On removing them from the freezer, you'll notice just how beautifully perfect the sausages are.
  13. To cook the sausages add a little butter to a large pan over medium heat and fry them gently until well browned, turning every few minutes.
  14. This trick is very useful if you're making sausage rolls, however if you're cooking the sausages as is, bare in mind that the longer they cook, the drier and granier they will become. This is the result of having no skin to contain the fat.

 

March 16, 2016 Barbecue, Breakfast, Irish Recipes, Pork, Sausage Making

How to Make Irish Pork Bangers from Scratch at Home – St Patrick’s Day Special!!!

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How to Make Irish Pork Bangers from Scratch at Home - St Patrick's Day Special!!!
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Recipe type: Sausage
Cuisine: Irish
 
With St Patrick's Day on the 17th, here is the perfect recipe to celebrate with. Irish pork bangers are similar in texture to English bangers, but they have a flavor and aroma all their own.
Ingredients
  • 1.8kg Pork shoulder, deboned, skin off
  • 1 Egg white
  • 125ml Guinness draught beer
  • 70g Dry bread crumbs
  • 40g Fine non-iodated salt
  • 15ml Ground black pepper
  • 10ml Dried marjoram
  • 5ml Ground Nutmeg
  • 2.5ml Dried Thyme
  • 2.5ml Dried Rosemary
  • 100-125ml Iced water
Instructions
  1. Cut the pork shoulder into long strips, narrow enough to fit through the meat grinder's feeder tube.
  2. Transfer the strips to a large tray or platter in a single layer and place this in you freezer for 45 minutes.
  3. While the meat chills, beat the egg white with your stick blender until all of the albumen has broken down and the white is frothy.
  4. Pour in the Guinness draught beer, breadcrumbs, salt, black pepper, dried marjoram, ground nutmeg, dried thyme and dried rosemary. Process this to a paste.
  5. Remove the pork from the freezer and grind this through your 8mm or one third inch plate.
  6. Add the paste to the meat and massage this into the ground pork. The mixture will be pretty stiff and will need about 100ml of iced water to loosen it up. Massage this in, then return the pork to the freezer for 30 minutes.
  7. After 30 minutes, run the meat through the grinder once more, this time using a fine 3mm plate.
  8. Load the ground meat into the hopper of your sausage filler. Attach the funnel and feed the casing onto the funnel. I am using collagen casings as they are just so much easier and cleaner to work with.
  9. Twist the end of the casing and start filling the sausages. Take care not to fill them too tightly as this will cause them to split when cooking.
  10. It is easier to twist off the links as you go, twisting in the opposite direction for each link.
  11. Once all the links are formed, snip them apart with a sharp scissors and refrigerate the sausages overnight for the flavors to develop.
To Cook the Sausages
  1. Pour enough water into a frying pan to barely cover the base of the pan.
  2. Place the pan over medium-high heat and add the sausages. Simmer the sausages for 3 minutes per side.
  3. After simmering, most of the water will have evaporated, and the sausages will have started to release some of their fat. Add 30g butter to the pan and fry the sausages for 3 to 4 minutes per side until well browned and caramelized.
  4. Remove the sausages from the pan and serve immediately.

 

February 5, 2016 4th of July Cookout, Accompaniments, Barbecue, Beef, Cocktail Snacks, Sausage Making

Superbowl Snacks – Little Smokey Frankfurters in Tomato, Onion & Beer Gravy

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Superbowl Snacks - Little Smokey Frankfurters in Tomato, Onion & Beer Gravy
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Recipe type: Sausages / Super Bowl
 
The Superbowl is here! This is an awesome dish of cocktail frankfurters lovingly simmered in tomato, onion and beer gravy. The gravy is thick and rich and delicious.
Ingredients
  • 600g Cocktail frankfurter sausages
  • 500ml Cocktail tomatoes
  • 250ml Beer
  • 60ml Soft brown sugar
  • 45ml Worcestershire sauce
  • 15ml Balsamic vinegar
  • 15ml Paprika
  • 15ml Cornstarch
  • 5ml Ground black pepper
  • 5ml Salt
  • Half an onion
  • 3 Cloves garlic
Instructions
  1. Place the cocktail tomatoes, onion and garlic in your processor bowl. I am using a combination of fresh tomatoes and canned, however you can use all fresh or all canned.
  2. Place the lid on the bowl and process this until reasonably fine.
  3. Add the sugar, paprika, ground black pepper and salt. Add the balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and beer. Dissolve the cornflour in a little water and pour this in.
  4. Put the lid back in place and process for a further 30 seconds to dissolve the sugar and salt.
  5. Pour the mixture into your slow cooker or a digital pot and bring this to a very slow simmer. Allow this to continue for 60 minutes, stirring every 20 minutes.
  6. By this stage the gravy will have started to thicken nicely and it's time to add the cocktail frankfurters. Give it a brief stir yo make sure everything is submerged, then continue to slow simmer the pot for a further 60 minutes, stirring gently every 20 minutes.
  7. Transfer the franks to serving bowls, drizzle generously with the gravy and serve immediately. You can also make these ahead of time as they reheat perfectly. If your guests don't like getting down and dirty, serve accompanied with skewers.

 

4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Cocktail Snacks, Curing Meats, Finger Foods, Sausage Making, Smoking, Snack Food

How to Make Little Smokey Frankfurters from Start to Finish – How to Make & Smoke Mini-Frankfurter Sausages!!!

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How to Make Little Smokey Frankfurters from Start to Finish - How to Make & Smoke Mini-Frankfurter Sausages!!!
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Recipe type: Sausage
 
These little smoked cocktail frankfurters are amazing, and really easy to make. I am using trimmings from a whole ribeye roast, but you can use rump or sirloin as well, provided the the fat content is 25%. If you use a leaner cut, add the balance in pork back fat. You can find the printable recipe on our website http://Whats4Chow.com This is episode #375 with Whats4Chow.com - please subscribe for notifications and updates.
Ingredients
  • 1.8kg Beef, 25% Fat
  • 200ml Milk powder
  • 1 medium onion
  • 3 Cloves garlic
  • 120ml Paprika
  • 36g Prague powder
  • 20g Kosher salt
  • 360ml Water, well chilled
Instructions
  1. Cut the meat into pieces that will fit through the feeder tube of your mincer. Cut a medium onion, peel 3 cloves of garlic, measure out the Prague powder and salt, as well as the milk powder and paprika. Use a good quality paprika as the success of this endeavor hinges on this.
  2. Place the meat in your freezer for 15 minutes, then run this through your mincer using the coarse mincer plate. Return the meat to the freezer for 15 minutes.
  3. Run the onion and garlic through the mincer and place this in your refrigerator.
  4. Combine the paprika, milk powder, Prague powder and salt. Mix this together thoroughly.
  5. Remove the meat from the freezer and place it in a large tub. Add the minced garlic and onion, and the paprika mixture. Mix this all together thoroughly.
  6. Run the beef through the mincer again, this time using the medium plate. Return the meat to the freezer for 25 minutes.
  7. After the chilling time place the meat back into the tub. At this stage the meat, despite being chilled is quite sticky and needs to be tempered by adding water. You need to add 20% of the meat weight in water in order to make it workable, and to make sure it will run through the sausage stuffer smoothly.
  8. Run the meat through the mincer again, this time using the fine plate.
  9. Load the finely minced meat into the hopper of the sausage stuffer.
  10. I am pumping this into 18mm collagen casings and to do this I have the 12mm funnel attached to the stuffer.
  11. Place the hopper on the stuffer and turn the crank until the filling reaches the end of the funnel. Load the casing onto the funnel, twist the end and start cranking.
  12. When making the mini franks, it is much easy to twist off the links progressively. If you extrude the entire length, you stand a good chance of ending up with over-filled casings that are difficult, or impossible to crimp and form links.
  13. Once all of the links are filled and formed, it's time for the smoker. I am using the Smoke Daddy Cold Smoke Generator attached to my regular gas barbecue.
  14. Fire up the smoker and arrange the sausages on racks, or hang them from the warming rack. The sausages must not be touching. Ignite a single burner furthest from the sausage, close the lid and allow the sausages to smoke for 2.5 to 3 hours. The barbecue thermometer should read 80c or 176f, and the target internal temperature of the sausages is 65c or 149f.
  15. Once smoking is complete, remove the sausages from the barbecue. These are only partially cooked and require cooking to completion, either by boiling, broiling or gently frying them to perfection.

 

January 20, 2016 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Breakfast, Chicken Recipes, Poutry, Sausage Making

Chicken Breakfast Sausage. A Delicious Alternative to Pork Bangers – Quick & Easy!!!

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Chicken Breakfast Sausage. A Delicious Alternative to Pork Bangers - Quick & Easy!!!
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Recipe type: Sausages
 
Following the introduction of the sausage stuffer, we're going to make a batch of chicken breakfast sausages.
Ingredients
  • 1kg (2.2lb) Deboned chicken thigh with skin on
  • 15g Fine non-iodated salt
  • 5ml White pepper
  • 2ml Ground cloves
  • 10ml Ground coriander seed
  • 2ml Nutmeg
  • 10ml Cayenne pepper (optional)
Instructions
  1. You will need a kilogram or 2.2lb of deboned chicken thigh, with the skin on. Fit the 6mm mincer plate to your mincer and run the chicken through the machine.
  2. Add the salt, white pepper, ground cloves, ground coriander seed and ground nutmeg, and mix these into the chicken.
  3. Fit the 3mm plate to your mincer and run the chicken through the machine again. This minces the chicken finely and mixes the spices into the meat thoroughly.
  4. To stuff the sausages, I am using 26mm collagen casings on the 20mm funnel. Load the sausage stuffer's hopper with meat and press it down firmly to expel any air.
  5. Feed the collagen casing onto the funnel and twist the end. I have found that using a bull-clip to secure the end works quite well.
  6. Start cranking the handle of the stuffer while feeding the casing off of the funnel with your other hand. Don't apply too much pressure to the casing as this will lead to over-stuffing and cause the casings to burst while being cooked.
  7. Twist the sausage into links and snip these apart. Refrigerate the sausage overnight to allow the flavors to develop, then cook them in the same way that you would cook pork bangers.

 

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