6lbs of meat
1/4 cup of Tender Quik
2 tablespoons of sugar (the original recipe from my mom calls for white, but I like to use brown sugar)
1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
3/4 cup powdered milk
Whole mustard seed (optional)
Mix and cure for 24 hours. Before you stuff the sausage knead the mixture for five minutes. You can add a little artificial smoke seasoning and bake it in the oven at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes but I prefer to cook mine in a smoker.
Smoker instructions:
Smoke at 140 for one hour, 160 for another hour, then 180 for two more hours, or until the internal temp of 155 degrees is reached. After you remove if from the sausages from the smoker, spray them with hot water for 15-30 seconds then place them in a cold water bath until the internal temp drops to about 100 degrees. Let it dry for an hour or two then it's ready to store.
When I smoke my sausage I usually let it dry the first hour then add the smoke the second and third hours. If the sausage is just meat I use hickory and pecan wood, but I like the sweeter, milder taste of pecan only smoke for sausage that has the jalapenos in it.
I also like to mix diced jalapenos and hi-temp cheese in the meat before I stuff it sometimes. It makes for a nice treat. The next thing I'm going to try smoking are snack sticks. I found a couple recipes that look really good.
Here's a pic of some I smoked last night sans cheese and jalapenos:
Sorry I didn't find this when you posted it.
Thanks for posting it.
Sounds simple and good!
I don't do spicy foods, but LOVE cheese in sausage.
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6lbs of meat
1/4 cup of Tender Quik
2 tablespoons of sugar (the original recipe from my mom calls for white, but I like to use brown sugar)
1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
3/4 cup powdered milk
Whole mustard seed (optional)
Mix and cure for 24 hours. Before you stuff the sausage knead the mixture for five minutes. You can add a little artificial smoke seasoning and bake it in the oven at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes but I prefer to cook mine in a smoker.
Smoker instructions:
Smoke at 140 for one hour, 160 for another hour, then 180 for two more hours, or until the internal temp of 155 degrees is reached. After you remove if from the sausages from the smoker, spray them with hot water for 15-30 seconds then place them in a cold water bath until the internal temp drops to about 100 degrees. Let it dry for an hour or two then it's ready to store.
When I smoke my sausage I usually let it dry the first hour then add the smoke the second and third hours. If the sausage is just meat I use hickory and pecan wood, but I like the sweeter, milder taste of pecan only smoke for sausage that has the jalapenos in it.
I also like to mix diced jalapenos and hi-temp cheese in the meat before I stuff it sometimes. It makes for a nice treat. The next thing I'm going to try smoking are snack sticks. I found a couple recipes that look really good.
I always wondered how the Italians in Italy originally did this. Now I see. The microbiology is such that the sterilization occurs within the skin by cooking it for a long time like in pasteurization. Nice recipe too.
This is the one new thing I learned today. Thanks JTuck.
jtuck: Sir, this sound yum-épée, "have" fork n spoon will travel
Why did I know you were gonna say that!
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"If we ever forget we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
A Man WITH a gun is a CITIZEN, a Man WITHOUT a gun is a SUBJECT
Griz, when you move to Florida I'll come visit you!
I WAS in Florida during the "70's", where were you at?
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