Stuffers Supply Company - Sausage Recipes
Stuffers Supply Company - Sausage Recipes
Stuffers Supply Company - Sausage Recipes
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All Beef Kosher Frankfurters
Trim meats thoroughly, removing all skin, sinews, blood clot, and bones, but leaving the fat. Put beef
through 5/16 inch plate of grinder, and veal through 1/8 inch plate. Put meats into mixer and mix, grad-
ually adding ice or ice water and enough flour to reach desired consistency.Then mix in remaining ingre-
dients. Stuff into narrow beef round casings or wide sheep casing, and tie with twine into links about 4
inches long. Cut in lengths of four links each, and smoke at medium heat until they are a bright reddish
brown, and cook for about 10 minutes at 155 to 160 degrees.
2 1/2 lbs. fine ground cooked pork butt (boiled) 5 Tbsp. spiced salt
2 1/2 lbs. fine ground cooked pork liver (boiled) 1 cup finely chopped onions
2 Tbsp. salt 1 cup water used to boil meat
Boil pork butt and liver in water to which spiced salt has been added. (Water should cover meat.) Com-
bine all ingredients, mix until smooth and pasty, and stuff into hog casing. Simmer in salted water for 20
minutes. Refrigerate for 24 hours.To cook, broil or fry in butter.
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Combine all ingredients, mix well and stuff into hog casing.
Tie at 4-5 inch intervals.To cook, fry, broil or grill.
Cube pork butt into one and a half inch cubes and grind through a 1/4 cup plate, or hand chop coarsely.
Blend in all remaining ingredients. Stuff meat into casings in one foot links.Tie both ends of the sausage
securely using a heavy gauge twine. Smoke andouille at 175-200ºF for approximately four to five hours
using pecan or hickory wood.The andouille may then be frozen if desired
Soak the casing to soften it. Cut the meat and fat into chunks about 1/2 inch across and pass once through
the coarse blade of the meat grinder. Combine with the remaining ingredients in a large bowl and mix
well. Cut the casings into 26 inch lengths and stuff.To cook, slice the andouille 1/2 inch thick and grill in
a hot skillet with no water for about 12 minutes on each side, until brown and crisp at the edges.
Combine all ingredients, and mix well. Stuff into sheep casings. Broil or barbecue.
Buckwheat Sausage
Cook hog head until meat comes from bone and put the liquid aside to moisten final mixture. Cook kid-
ney and liver separately cooking the liver until no red appears.Grind meat in grinder with medium blade.
Chop the onions finely and saute until soft and clear. Boil roasted buckwheat until soft. Mix onion, buck-
wheat, and meat together and season with cloves, salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients until evenly distrib-
uted using liquid from boiled head for moisture. Stuff into hog casings.
Meat is chilled to 32-34 degrees F. and ground through 1/4” grinding plate.All ingredients are mixed very
well with about 2 cups of water. When possible, add cooled pork stock in place of water. Meat is then
stuffed into 32-35mm hog casings and whatever sausage not used up is frozen. English bangers are a very
tasty sausage served at breakfast time, much the same as American pork sausage.The above formula may
be used to make all beef breakfast sausage. Use any kind of beef or trimmings, 70% lean and 30% fat.
BANGER SEASONING
Grind pork and fat together using fine disc of meat grinder.Add Banger Seasoning. Mix well. Grind again.
This mixture will be too fine to form into patties. Force mixture into casings and tie in 4-5 inch lengths.
Bake or saute.
Knead together the pork, veal, fat, and bread. Stir the salt, pepper, cayenne, nutmeg and mace, thyme, mar-
joram, sage, and lemon peel into the egg, then knead into the meat mixture. Firmly stuff the mixture into
prepared hog casings. Prick any air pockets with a pin. Poach, braise, or fry them before serving.The raw
sausages can be refrigerated for 3 days, poached or braised sausages for 1 week.They can also be frozen,
raw, poached, or braised, for 3 months Makes 2 lbs raw sausage.
Mix all ingrdients and stuff into hog casings. Boi completely immersed for 1/2 hour. Remove and cool
before refrigeration. Cut into thin slices and broil.
Beef plates are cured at 38º-40ºF in the brine made from the above formula. Plates are cured for 7-8
days and overhauled on the fourth day.After the plates are cured, they then are washed with hot water,
and all the loose surface fat is removed.
Bacon is then hung-properly spaced in a smokehouse preheated to 135 ºF., with the drafts wide open
until the surface of the product is dry. Dampers are closed to 1/4 open starting the smoke; hold until
the desired color is obtained.The drafts are closed and smoke shut off; temperature is raised to 160 ºF.
and bacon is held until an internal temperature of 135ºF. is obtained. Shut off heat and let remain in
smokehouse for at least 1 hour. Remove to cooler overnight before slicing.
Beef bacon generally is cured the same way that pork bacon is.The only difference is the beef bacon is
cured for 6-7 days rather than on a ‘by the pound’ basis.
Grind all meat through 3/16” or 1/4” grinder plate and mix with all ingredients. Stuff meat into 5”
fibrous casings and place in cooler for 2 days. Remove meat and keep at room temperature for 3 hours
or until internal temperature of product reaches at least 60ªF. Remove and put in preheated smokehouse
at 120ºF. the first hour, and apply smoke while increasing temperature every 30 minutes by 10º until
160ºF. is reached. Hold at this temperature until you reach 152ºF. and desired color is obtained.
Grind the lean pork butts and beef through a 1” grinder plate or cut into 1” cubes. Add the remaining
ingredients and mix thoroughly until evenly distributed. Pack the meat into a container not more than
6” high, making sure there are no air pockets.Then place this mixture in a cooler overnight, along with
the fresh bacon. The next day, regrind this mixture through a 1/8” grinder plate, and grind the bacon
through a 1/4” grinder plate.
Combine the mixtures and stuff into a sewed beef casing or small beef bladder. Allow to dry at room
temperature for at least one hour.Then place the sausage in a preheated smokehouse at 130ºF. with the
dampers and drafts wide open.Allow to dry for 45 minutes or until the sausage starts to take on a brown
color. At this point, move the draft to 1/4 open and increase the temperature to 160-165ºF. and begin
smoking. Bierwurst is finished when an internal temperature of 152ºF. is reached. Place in cooler overnight
before using.
Blood must be perfectly fresh; strain through muslin to remove “strings.” Cook barley in a cloth, allow-
ing for swelling, about 4 hours. Cube flare fat, remove all excess water, and scald in wire basket. Chop
onions, and cook lightly. Add to blood the seasonings, flours, oatmeal, and cooked barley, and mix well.
Last of all add onions, and fat, and mix again. Fill loosely into bullock runners or wide hog casings. dis-
tributing fat evenly.Tie off into 1-pound rings, and boil for about 40 mintues at 180ºF.To test for doneness,
prick skin; if no blood oozes out, pudding is finished.Add some black pudding dye to water to ensure an
attractive black finish.
Cook barley and rice in water until well done. Soak rusk and run suet through fine plate of mincer. Add
seasonings, and mix all ingredients thoroughly. Fill into shallow, well-greased pans, and cook in moderate
oven. Chill, slice, and fry.
All meats must be cooked for at least 2 hours and then cooled. Grind all the meats through a 3/16”
grinder plate.
Place buckwheat groats or barley in a container and cover with boiling water for at least 2 hours. Be
sure you place a cover on the container to prevent to much heat from escaping. (You may cook either of
these items until the volume is doubled.) Remove and let cool.
After all the meats and groats have cooled, place in a mixer and add all seasonings, blood, and mix well.
Stuff into beef bungs or beef middles. Blood sausage is then cooked in 160ºF. water until the internal
temperature reaches 152ºF. Remove from cooker and shower with cool water until the internal tem-
perature is reduced to 110ºF.; place in cooler for at least 24 hours.
Place all pork tongues and snouts into a kettle and cook approximately 2 hours. Let it cool, then grind
through a 1” grinder plate.The pork snouts also should be ground through a 1” grinder plate and pork
skins should be ground through a 1/8” plate. Pork fat should be diced to 1/4” or 3/4” cubes and scalded
for a few seconds using a sieve or screen.
Place all the meats and ingredients in a mixer and mix well. Stuff by hand into beef bungs and then place
in 195-200ºF. water (but not boiling). Cook approximately 3 1/2 hours. Use a skewer to see if sausage is
cooked sufficiently. Remove to container holding ice water, cooling enough that sausage can be handled.
Remove to 36-38ºF. cooler overnight.
Cut lean meat and fat into 1-inch squares or grind through a coarse (1/2-1-inch) plate. Season by sprin-
kling the ingredients over the meat and hand mix. Grind through a 1/8-inch plate. Mix 6 minutes and stuff
into hog casings. Cook in water at 170F or at 185F in the smokehouse until the internal temperature of
the sausage reaches 152ºF. Immediately place the sausage in cold water until the internal temperature is
100ºF. Rinse briefly with hot water to remove grease. Allow to dry about 1 hour at room temperature.
Store in the refrigerator.
This product may be cooked from the fresh state without first heating in 170º Fahrenheit water if desired.
Grind all the meat through a 3/8 grinder plate, adding all the ingredients, and mixing well until all ingre-
dients are evenly distributed. Stuff into a 24/26mm lamb casing in size and made in links 4-6 inches long;
then hung on clean smoke sticks. Sausage should be placed into the cooker or water and cooked until
the internal temperature reaches 152ºF. (Be sure the water temperature is not above 165ºF.) Place
cooked sausage under shower for about 10 minutes to reduce internal temperature to 110 degreees F.
and remove to cooler overnight.This sausage also can be frozen and cooked as it is needed. Bockwurst
also is made as a very fine-textured sausage (emulsified) is the Western New York area. It is very popu-
lar at Easter time and also under the name of “white hot dogs.”
Traditional Boerevors
To prepare coriander: 15ml produces 5ml Place in dry pan, heat and stir until light brown. Grind, sieve to
remove husk. Grind remainder to a fine powder. Cut meat into 50mm blocks. Mix in with herbs. Mince
pork beef and herb mixture. Not too fine. Cut bacon into small blocks.Add vinegar and bacon to minced
meat and mix. Stuff casing with mixture. (NOT too tightly.)
Cut meat into 50 mm blocks Mix in herbs. Cut bacon into 3mm blocks and add to mixture. Mix wine,
vinegar and brandy. Sprinkle over mixture. Mix lightly and stuff casing. Cut into pieces only when ready to
cook.The boerevors shrink approx. 30% in cooking so cut pieces at least 6 inches long.
In a very large kettle, boil the pig’s head for four or five hours or until the meat begins to fall from the
bone. In a separate kettle boil the lungs, heart, and kidneys for about two hours or until the meat is ten-
der. Chill the liver slices in the freezer for half an hour and after cutting them into cubes, put them
through the coarse disk of the meat grinder.When the head and organs are cool enough to handle, scrape
all the meat from the head, cube the organs, and mix all with the raw liver, and put this through the fine
disk. For each part meat, combine with two equal parts of stale white bread that has been soaked in
water and then squeezed dry. Add and saltpeter at the rate of 1T/10lb. Stuff the casings and tie off into six-
inch links. Bring a large kettle of water to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook the links until they rise to
the top. Don’t let the water boil once the links have been added, or they may burst. Cool the sausage in
a pot of cool water, remove it and pat it dry.You can refrigerate the sausage and eat it cold, or warm it
up at a later date. Or, you can smoke it at about 120 F. for about four hours, or until it is very firm.
Country-style, or trail bologna, is a bologna made with coarse cuts of meat. Before emulsifying machines,
most of the meat was cut by grinding the fat meat through a 1/8” or 3/16” grinder plate.The lean meat
is ground through a 1/4” or 3/8” grinder plate.
After the meat is ground, add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly until evenly distributed.Then
place the meat in containers or tubs and pack tightly to eliminate air pockets. Do not pack more than
6” high. Then place the mixture in a cooler at 45-50ºF. for 48 hours. Regrind it through a 3/8” grinder
plate and stuff it into protein-lined 3 1/2” x 24” casings or beef middles and keep at 45-50ºF. for 12 hours.
Place bologna into 120 degree F. preheated smoker until it starts to take on a brown color, with draft
and damper 1/2 open. Increase the smokehouse temperature to 170ºF. and keep the sausage there until
an internal temperature of 158ºF. is reached. Remove the sausage and air-cool it over night at 60-70ºF.
Smoke the sausage again the next day for about 48 hours, or until it has a dark brown color.
After smoking, store the sausage at 65ºF. for 10-12 days with a relative humidity of 70-80%. Place the
sausage in a cooler at 40-45ºF. to achieve an 18-20% weight loss.
12 oz Boneless lean center loin pork, trimmed of all fat, cut into 1-inch chunks and well chilled
9 oz Fresh pork fat cut from loin, fresh bacon or fatback, well chilled
2 c Milk 2 md Onions, chopped
1 lg Celery stalk with leaves, chopped 2 md Carrots, chopped
6 Fresh parsley sprigs 7 lg Shallots, minced
2 lg Garlic cloves, crushed 2 Bay leaves, broken
3 1/2 ts Salt 2 Whole cloves
1/2 ts Freshly ground white -pepper 1/8 ts Freshly grated nutmeg
Pinch of dried thyme, crumbled 3 md Eggs
6 tb All-purpose flour 1/4 c Tawny Port
1/4 ts Minced garlic 2 1/2 tb currants, minced
1 tb Butter 9 Ft sausage casings
1/4 c (1/2 stick) butter
Bring milk, onions, carrots, celery, parsley, 3 shallots, garlic clove, bay leaves, salt, cloves, pepper, nutmeg and
thyme just to boil in heavy 4-quart saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat, cover and let stand
30 minutes. Refrigerate until mixture is well chilled, about 2 hours. Meanwhile, melt 1 Tbsp butter in
heavy small skillet over low heat. Add remaining 4 minced shallots. Cover and cook until very soft, stir-
ring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Puree with on/off turns in a food processor with pork, pork fat, eggs,
flour, Port and 1/4 tsp garlic until smooth. (If processor has small capacity, puree in batches.) Strain milk
into processor, pressing down on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Blend into puree.Transfer
Bratwurst
Mix all spices together and work into meat. Stuff meat mixture into hog casings and form links. Makes
about 20 brats.
1. Cube the meats, mix together, and grind twice. Add mace, nutmeg, salt and pepper and grind a third
time.
2. Using your hands, combine the meat with the bread crumbs. Add the water
and beat with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy.
3. Stuff into pork casings and tie securely into desired lengths.The bratwurst may be fried lightly in but-
ter, but are also delicious dipped in milk and then broiled or grilled over charcoal.
Combine all ingredients.Then either stuff into natural casings or make into patties and cook like burgers.
Prepare the casings. Grind the pork, veal, and pork fat separately through the fine blade of the grinder. Mix
the ground meats and grind again.Add the remaining ingredients to the meat mixture and mix thoroughly.
Stuff the mixture into the casings and twist off into four- or five-inch lengths. Refrigerate for up to two
days.The bratwursts can be pan fried or grilled over charcoal.
Combine all ingredients, mix until smooth and pasty and stuff into beef, hog or cloth casing. Simmer in salt-
ed water for approximately 20 minutes. Refrigerate for 24 hours before using.This sausage is much like
liverwurst. Use it as a spread.
Combine all ingredients, mix until smooth and pasty and stuff into beef, hog or cloth casing. Simmer in salt-
ed water for approximately 20 minutes. Refrigerate for 24 hours before using.This sausage is much like
liverwurst. Use it as a spread.
You can make an excellent breakfast sausage using 100% pork butts or 50% pork butts and 50% pork
trimmings
All the pork used to make the sausage must be chilled from 32-35ºF F. without fail. Be sure that all the meat
is free of blood clots, sinews, bone, skin, glands, etc.Grind all the meat through a 3/16” grinder plate and
place in mixer.Add all the ingredients and mix well until all the spices are evenly distributed. Pork sausage
may be stuffed into 28-30 mm hog casings or 22-24 mm lamb casings. Pork sausage also may be stuffed
into a cloth bag or a 3 1/2 by 24” fibrous casing. It is very important that pork sausage not be allowed to
remain at room temperature any longer than necessary. Place in cooler as soon as possible. Pork sausage
should be allowed to chill and dry in 28-32ºF cooler.
Brine:
Mix and chill to below 40ºF.Whole boneless pork loin, 5 pounds or more.You will have two halves held
together by a flap. Cut across that and trim all excess fat. Spray pump with brine to 10% of weight (or one
cup for every 5 pounds) and let it cure at least 4 days in the fridge.Take it out, wash it off, let it drain.Work
a 3 1/2 inch salami casings over the small end of each loin, then then slide it up over the rest of the loin.
This will take some work, but the casing is tough and resistant to tearing.Tie off each end of the casing.
Cook the two loin halves for 4 hours in a smokeless 130 degree F smokehouse, well-vented.Then, grad-
ually increase temperature to 150ºF, with smoke, for 3 hours more, vent 1/4 open.Then finish off at 160ºF
until it’s 142ºF inside.
Rinse the bacon and let bloom overnight, then chill overnight.
5 lb Brisket
1 oz Whole Black Pepper
1 oz Whole allspice
6 cloves garlic
3 Bay leaves
1/2 ts Saltpetre
Use enough Kosher or Pickling salt mixed with water to float an egg. Use only plastic or enamel coated
containers.
Let meat stand in brine 24 hours. Throw this brine away and add fresh water, salt (to float an egg) and
spices. Let stand 2 weeks in refrigerator, turning over daily.
Mix together the salt, sugar, and saltpeter. Divide the mixture in half. Rub half of the mixture well into
the eye of round. Put the meat into a glass dish or plastic bag and refrigerate for two days. Remove the
meat and rub in the rest of the cure mixture. Refrigerate for another two days. The meat should cure
for about one day per pound of meat in all. Remove the meat from the cure, wash it and pat it dry with
paper towels.You are now ready to dry it.You can add a bit of smoked flavor by brushing it with a little
liquid smoke. Hang the meat in a cool, well-ventilated spot and leave it alone. Don’t handle it while it’s dry-
ing because handling can cause surface mold.You can use the meat any time after the surface is dry. Give
it at least one week, but it will keep for months hanging in a cool dry spot (40 to 45 degrees F).
If mold does develop, wipe the meat off with a clean towel dipped in a vinegar/water solution.
1 lb. salt
2 ozs. Prague Powder No. 1
1 pint of honey
The above formula will cure about one slab of bacon.The Prague Powder No. 1 and the salt are mixed and
then thoroughly rubbed into the bacon.After rubbing, the honey is poured on the bacon and distributed
evenly. The bacon is wrapped in a good plastic-lined (freezer wrap) butcher paper and placed in a 38
degree F. cooler for about 6 days.
The bacon then is removed from the cooler and washed very well. Excess honey and cure are washed off
with luke warm water. Let bacon dry at room temperature for about 30 minutes, then remove to smoke-
house preheated to 135 degrees F. Hold in smokehouse until bacon is dry, with dampers wide open.
Dampers then are closed to 1/4 open, applying smoke, and held until internal temperature of bacon
reaches 127-128 degrees F.
Reduce temperature of smoker to 120 degrees F. and hold until desired color is obtained. Remove and place
in cooler overnight before slicing. Be sure that you are using hickory to get the desired flavor of this bacon.
The meat is ground through a 1/2” grinder plate and mixed with 5 ozs of salt.The meat is then aged for
5-6 days at 38-40ºF. allowing all the juice to run off. The meat is then ground through 3/16” plate . All
ingredients are then mixed with the meat and stuffed into 5” by 24” protein-lined casing. Bologna is then
placed into smokehouse as follows:
During these 50 hours, the bologna is going to develop a tang that makes it unique in flavor. Bologna then
can be heavily smoked a day or two without heat. If you want a fully cooked product, raise the smokehouse
temperature to 150ºF. after 50 hours.Then hold until internal temperature reaches 137ºF. Bologna is then
removed from smokehouse and allowed to cool until the internal temperature is 110ºF. It is then placed
into a cooler and allowed to age for about 4-5 days before using.
Grind the meat through a 1/2 inch plate, mix it with the salt, then let it sit 5 to 6 days, draining off the liq-
uid. Add more salt to taste of needed. Put in an airtight tub for four days, overhauling once. Regrind
through a 3/8” plate. Mix corn syrup solids with the dryer Fermento, then mix it all into the venison.
Dissolve the Prague Powder #2 in a cup of cold water and mixed that inwith the honey Grind fat back
through an 1/8” plate. Mix in all the spices, and grind again through an 1/8” plate. Let it sit in the fridge
for a couple hours Soak casings in vinegar and stuff. Pierce liberally wipe with vinegar.
Specified fermenting:
Grind all meat through coarse chili plate, add buttermilk and seasonings and mix by hand in a large tub.
Grind mixture second time through medium sausage plate.
Venison can be substituted for the boar in this recipe and it works well also.
25 pounds of lean boneless pork butts that are 3-4 lbs. apiece and well-trimmed should be used, chilled
to 34-36ºF. before use. Rub all the pork butts very well with the above dry cure mix. Lay down a layer of
this cure mixture in the container; place the first layer of pork butts inside. Leftover cure then is sprin-
kled in between each layer, and butts are placed into the cooler at 36-46ºF. for not less than 25 days.
After 10-12 days, the pork butts should be over-hauled; the top ones placed on the bottom, and the bot-
tom ones placed on top. Be sure you have additional spice-cure mixture ready to lay down in between each
layer.After 25 days, the pork butts are removed from the cooler and washed lightly.Allow to drain; then
rub with Spanish paprika and red ground pepper.The pepper to be rubbed in depends on individual pref-
erence.The pork butts are then stuffed into beef bungs. After stuffing, there will be many air pockets; be
sure you pin prick these air pockets to allow the entrapped air to escape. Hang on smokesticks, properly
space. Pork butts are placed in a preheated smokehouse at 90ºF. with the dampers wide open to dry the
casings. Hold at this temperature for 10 hours. During this period, you may close dampers to 1/4 open
after the casings are dry, applying a light smoke; continue to smoke for another 15-20 hours at 90ºF. Butts
then are removed from the smoker and dipped in hot boiling water momentarily to shrink the casing
onto the capicola.Then place in dry room at 70-75ºF. with a relative humidity of 65-75%. Capicola must
be held in dry room not less than 20 days before using
Mix all, altogether.You may wish to combine the seasonings or grind them together before adding them
to the meat. Shape in thumb-sized sausages, or in croquette size shapes. Grill on open grill until done.
Serve with pita bread or hard rolls, and onions (raw or sauteed). The smaller size works great for an
appetizer (on a toothpick).
Traditionally, these are not served in barbeque sauce.
Place beef in a bowl; knead in garlic,paprika,salt, and pepper. Divide meat into 20 parts.With damp hands
form each part into a 2-inch long sausage. Roll each in flour, then shake off excess.Refrigerate until
firm(can be frozen at this point). Place in metal hot dog holder. Grill over charcoal for six minutes, turn-
ing at least once. Can be panfried too, without any additional grease.
4 pounds lean fresh pork, butt or shoulder 2 pounds fresh pork fat
2 cups onion, finely minced 1-1/2 tablespoons garlic, finely minced
1-1/2 teaspoons cayenne 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 8 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons freshly ground red pepper 2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves, crushed
5 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped 3 bay leaves, finely crushed
1/2 teaspoon allspice 3 yards small sausage casing (optional)
Cut the pork and fatback into small pieces. Mix together and run once through the coarse disc of a meat
grinder, into a large bowl. Add the seasonings and mix thoroughly until the stuffing is very smooth and
well-blended. Make into patties, and use within three days or freeze.Also, you can stuff the chaurice into
casings; make each sausage about six inches in length.
Prepare the casings and grind the chicken through a coarse disk. Mix the chicken with
the remaining ingredients. Grind the mixture through a coarse disk and stuff into the
casings.Twist off into four-inch links.To cook, saute in vegetable oil until evenly
browned and cooked through.
Wash and skin chicken breasts, and cut meat from bones. Set aside bones, and grind chicken meat and
boiled ham through finest blade of meat grinder. Place chicken livers and 1/4 teaspoon salt in 1/4 cup
water, and boil for 5 minutes. Drain and chop livers. In bowl, mix 3 eggs, nutmeg, pepper, and 3/4 tea-
spoon salt.Add chopped livers. Combine this mixture with ground meat.Add 3 tablespoons of the crack-
er crumbs. Mix well, and place on sheet of waxed paper. Shape into roll about 2 1/2 inches thick and 12
inches long. Sprinkle with cracker crumbs, dip in lightly beaten eggs, and cover again with crumbs. Spread
out on table a white cloth long enough to cover roll, and sprinkle with additional cracker crumbs. Place
roll on this cloth, and wrap.Tie ends securely. Cook for 1 hour in boiling stock made from 4 quarts water,
5 tablespoons salt, and the chicken bones. Use a rectangular vessel so that the roll will lie straight.After
30 minutes, turn roll over. Remove from stock, cool, and remove cloth. Refrigerate until next day. Cut in
narrow slices, and serve cold. Makes 8 servings.
NOTE:Truffles may be substituted for chicken livers. Include 1 tablespoon of liquid from can of truffles.
Prepare the casings and grind the meat through a small disk. Mix the remaining ingredients
with the meat. Chill the mixture for thirty minutes in the refrigerator. Grind through a small disk and
stuff into casings. Refrigerate for up to two days or freeze.
Chicken Sausage
4 lbs. medium ground cooked white chicken 1 lb. medium ground cooked bacon
1 lb. medium ground cooked chicken livers 10 medium eggs
1 Tbsp. salt 1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cloves 2 tsp. white pepper
1 cup chicken bouillon 1 cup bread crumbs
Combine all ingredients, mix well and stuff into sheep casing. To cook, broil, bake or fry in butter.
The mix is very liquid, but the sausages firm up beautifully as the chopped
livers solidify with the heat.
Chinese Sausage
Cut meat into small pieces. Add remaining ingredients, and grind twice. Stuff into pork casings.
Mince the meat, and mix well with the seasoning. Fill into hog casings. It is worth remembering that by
mincing the meat, it is possible to use an overweight pig, which has more flavor.
Chorizo
Mix all ingredients. It is important that the mixture marinate, to allow the
vinegar and the spices to correctly flavor the meat. Allow to sit overnight in the refrigerator.You may
form into patties or links. Fry in a pan loose until browned, pour off about half of the
liquid, then scramble about six (or more) eggs, and add to the sausage mixture. Heat thoroughly and
serve on warmed flour tortillas.
Clean the casings, rinse well with water, then pour vinegar through them. Set aside. Use a food proces-
sor or the coarse blade of a meat grinder, grind the meat and fat. Add the onions, garlic, vinegar, tequila
and seasonings, using the hotness of chile powder your family and guests will prefer. Stuff the casings.
First cut the casings into 3-ft lengths and tie one end together. Use either a funnel or filling tube to fill the
lengths.Tie at about 4-inch intervals with heavy thread. Place on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper.
Set on the counter for about 2 hours, then refrigerate.After a day, freeze what you will not use within a
week or two. Mixture should ripen for at least 8 hours before using.
4 qt water; hot
2 c pickling salt
1/4 c. sugar
2 tb pickling spice
1 1/2 ts saltpeter or sodium nitrate
1 beef brisket or tongue (5lb)
3 cloves garlic
‘Corned Beef ’ actually has nothing to do with corn, but gets its name from Anglo-Saxon times when
granular salt the size of a kernel of wheat - “corn” to a Briton - was used to preserve it. Combine water,
salt, sugar, spices, and saltpeter in a saucepan over low heat and stir to dissolve salts and sugar.Allow to
cool. Place beef in a deep enameled pot or stoneware jar, and pour the cooled brine over it. Add the gar-
lic. Weigh down the meat to keep it submerged and cover the pot. Cure in the refrigerator for three
weeks, turning the meat every five days.
To store, wash in lukewarm water, dry thoroughly, then wrap in layers of heavy paper and hang in a
cool, dry place.
The corned beef is boiled until tender and then cooled off. Grind meat through 3/16” or 1/4” grinder
plate. Peeled potatoes are boiled and cut into 1/2” cubes. Onion flakes should be soaked until they become
tender.All ingredients then are added and gently mixed.This is to avoid mashing the potato cubes. Corned
beef may be stuffed into 3 1/2” fibrous casings.
The corned beef is boiled until tender and then cooled off. Grind meat through 3/16” or 1/4” grinder
plate. Peeled potatoes are boiled and cut into 1/2” cubes. Onion flakes should be soaked until they
become tender. All ingredients then are added and gently mixed. This is to avoid mashing the potato
cubes. Corned beef may be stuffed into 3 1/2” fibrous casings.
Mix all the dry ingredients well and put them into a large crockery or other non-metallic container. Stir
in the water, then add the onion, garlic, and lemon. Add the meat, which should be submerged. It may
help to put a plate bottom-down on top of the meat, then weight the plate. Put the container in a cool
place for 15 days, turning the meat every day or two.
When you are ready, rinse the meat and cook it by any corned beef recipe.
The pork should be boned and skinned. Mix the shoulder and the fat. Add 8 tablespoons hot water to
the crumbs. Mix everything together (use your hands), seasoning well with pepper, and adding a generous
pinch of the nutmeg and mace. Fry a pinch of the sausage to test the seasoning. Stuff casings. Prick in a few
places and allow to sit overnight before cooking.
Mix above ingredients. Wash deer stomach and turn inside out. Fill the stomach with mixture, then tie
at both ends. Boil for 45 minutes.When you are ready to eat this unusual sausage, fry it in hot fat until
brown, about 15 minutes. Serve piping hot.
Deer Sausage
Dried sausage sticks are made using a fairly lean type of meat.You may use any kind of cow, bull or steer
meat.The ratio is about 80% lean and 20% fat. Beef chuck is excellent meat for this sausage.
Meat is chilled at 30-32ºF. so that it will not smear when being ground through a 1/8” grinder plate. It
is then mixed very well for about 2 minutes and stuffed into 22-24mm sheep casings. Desired length is 6”-
9”. Meat is then placed in a smokehouse at 98-110ºF., with cold smoke applied for about 8 hours. If you
desire more tang you may hold this temperature for 12 more hours. Smokehouse temperatures are then
raised until internal temperature reaches 145ºF. Remove from smoker and place in dry room at 50-55ºF.
Dry curing cooked sausage is a process widely practiced by the small sausage makers throughout the
country. What exactly does this mean? For instance, we could simply make a smoked kielbasa that is
ready to eat. We can, however, take this sausage one step further and prolong its keeping qualities by
drying it out, much the same way as we would a pepperoni.These sausages would be kept about 45-50ºF.
at 70-80% humidity.What we have here is a sausage that is ready to eat at all times. But we are remov-
ing moisture equal to about 30-35% of its original weight.This can take up to two months at the above-
mentioned temperatures without spoilage. During this time the sausage may be eaten at any time, as it
already has been cooked to destroy tichinae and cured to prevent botulism.
If the sausage does get some mold on it, it is simply washed off with a vinegar solutiln, or the mold
may simply be left on and the casing with the mold peeled off before the sausage is eaten.
The 40-50ºF. temperatures and high humidity are excellent conditions for mold to form. Be sure that
during the dry-curing process, sausages are spread from 3-4” apart to allow moisture to escape. It is
doubtful that this cooked dry-cured sausage would last the two-month period, as you would most like-
ly eat it by then.
Remember, your attic is not the place to dry-cure a sausage. The humitity and coolness of a cellar is
much better.
10 lbs fish
1 pt. ice water 1 lb. vegetable shortening
12 ozs. corn starch 4 tbsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar 1 tbsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. onion powder 1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
After the fish are deboned, be sure the flesh is cooled to at least 35 degrees F. before staring.The fish is
then ground through a 3/16” grinder plate.The salt is then added and mixed thoroughly.This will allow
the sausage to bind well. After 10 minutes add the corn starch mixed with the ice water.The spices and
shortening are added last, again mixing thoroughly. The mixture is then stuffed into a fibrous casing of
your choice (2” or 3 1/2” wide).The sausage is then cooked in water 200-205 degrees F. until the inter-
nal temperature reaches 180 degrees F.The sausage is then promptly cooled in cold water or showered
until the internal temperature of 70 degrees F. is obtained.The cooled sausage is then immersed in boil-
ing water for one minute in order to tighten the casing on the product. Fish sausage is a very perishable
product and should be stored at a temperature of at least 35 degrees F. It also keeps well when frozen.
Because this sausage is cooked at such high temperatures, the use of cures is not required. In addition,
this sausage may also be made in a loaf for home use and cooked in a loaf pan. If allowed to cool over night
it will slice very nicely as any other lunchmeat.This loaf may also be flavored with liquid smoke, using 1
tsp. to each 5 lbs. of meat.
Put the water on to boil, adding the entire 1/2 lb of salt, stir until salt is dissolved. Add sugar and stir.
Add the pickling spice and paprika.You may not be able to get the sugar to dissolve, but if you can, add
more salt. Irrespective of the amount of water, you want to achieve a super-saturated saline solution
with the salt and sugar.The mixture will be super-saturated when you have salt granules on the bottom
of the pot that won’t dissolve.The sugar is absorbed by the meat much slower than the salt. Cut fish in
fillets and then in pieces about two to three inches wide. Brine the pieces for 3.5 to 5.0 minutes, depend-
ing upon thickness. Timing is important, don’t brine longer than 5 minutes, no matter the thickness of
the meat. This brine time imparts salt/sugar/pickling spice flavors to the outer tissues, that then diffuse
through the meat as it dries. Allow to dry at least until a pelicle (hard outer surface) has formed. Per-
haps two day; less if sun dried. Salmon that is intended for canning is dried less to provide moisture in the
jar. Which ever you do, you at least want the excess moisture to evaporate off. Smoke the pieces, skin
side up, alternating the ones on the lower racks with those on the upper racks between chip loads. If
your smoker is warm, the paprika will cause the meat to darken without your having to highly smoke it.
Vacuum-packed product: Remove the pieces to a cookie sheet and place in an oven that has been heat-
ed to 350 degrees. Put the cookie sheets in the oven, close the door, and turn off the oven. Leave the
smoked meat in the oven for about 15-20 minutes, or until you can see that it’s cooked.Vacuum packing
assures that the salt/sugar/pickling spice flavors will be diffused through the meat. Freeze or refrigerate.
Mix all the ingredients together and add up to 2 quarts cold water when mixing. Sausage is ready to put
in casings. *... or3 heads of garlic. Peel. Slice and smash. Put in a pint jar, pour boiling water over it to
fill jar. Strain the garlic out and use juice, as much as desired to taste. Start the garlic a day before sausage.
German Sausage
The sausage needs to be mixed thoroughly to distribute the seasonings evenly.Test fry a patty to check
the seasoning. When you are satisfied with the seasoning, stuff the sausage. If you don’t own a sausage
stuffer you can freeze the sausage in patties or in small bulk packages.
Grind pork trimmings through 1/2-inch plate. Chill back fat, and dice into 1/4-inch cubes. Pass livers
through 1/8-inch plate. Mix all ingredients togither in mixer. Stuff into size 26 cellulose or equivalent-size
animal casings. Link at 4-inch intervals. Heat in smokehouse at 137º for 48 hours with no smoke added.
Hold at 60 to 65º for 24 to 48 hours before packaging.These products shrink 30 to 35 percent during pro-
cessing and storage. These are essentially raw pork products and, unless make with certified or frozen
pork, must be heated to 137º in a smokehouse.
Six parts of lean beef to 1 part of suet are finely chopped together and moistened with Madeira in which
garlic has been steeped for 24 hours. The chopped lean meat of a roast goose is then added — how
much depends on your taste— but there should be half as much goose as beef. The whole is filled into
hog casings after seasoning with salt and pepper.
Goosewurst
Grind the goose through the coarse disk. Pour the Drambuie over the goose, mix well, and refrigerate for
at least three hours of overnight. Mix the goose with the remaining ingredients. Grind the mixture through
the fine disk and stuff into the prepared casings..Twist off into three or four inch links.To cook, saute in
vegetable oil until evenly browned and cooked through.
Soak the breasts for 40 hours (at 36º) in a brine made with:
1 quart cold water
46 grams salt
35 grams powdered dextrose (if using sucrose, use 1/3 less)
2 grams sodium nitrite (or 1.25 oz. Prague powder #1)
Put the goose breasts in pairs in ham stockinnettes and air dry them for 40 hours until they formed a
nice pellicle.
Hang the goose breasts in the smoker and smoked them at around 90º for 36 hours using 3 pans of apple
chips. (Half of the last can be juniper for a delightful flavor) After the smoking, heat the smoker up to
150º and warm the meat until the internal temp is 145º.Then take out the goose and cool it quickly and
refrigerate.The result is goose breast which you can slice very thinly with a razor sharp knife (or slicing
machine) which is delightful served with thin slices of rye bread and sliced shallots. It has a somewhat
“raw” texture to it which gives it real bite appeal.
A good brine also includes something sweet to offest the salt needed for curing. Use powdered dex-
trose, but maple syrup, honey, or molasses may be freely substituted. A meat (brine) pump should be
used as indicated to prevent bone souring. Here is a brine to use for ham:
You can add other things for flavor if you wish: garlic juice, paprika, herbs or spices. Spray pump the ham
to 15% its dry weight, being sure to inject along the bone around all sides as well as into the larger sec-
tions of meat. Cover with the brine, then refrigerate at 38º F for 5-7 days.
Put the hams into stockinette bags and let them hang a day to dry out and acclimate to room tem-
perature. Slowly warming the meat is critical to complete the curing since it is at this point the nitrites are
activated. Next, the hams go into a preheated 120º F smoker and just hang there until the internal tem-
perature, at the thickest portion, reaches 106º F.Then, raise the smokehouse temperature to 135º, close
the dampers to 1/4, and apply as much smoke as suits you. Bring the internal temperature up to 128º and
keep it there for 12 hours. At this point, trichina are destroyed (they are killed instantly at the bench-
mark 152º you hear so much about, but the USDA has published a table of times at various temperatures
which also guarantee their demise).You can also raise the temperature to 140º so it is “fully-cooked”.
After the smokehouse processing, allow the hams to cool at room temperature overnight, then refig-
erate for at least a day.
All ingredients are thoroughly dissolved in cold water (40ºF.). Hams must have an internal temperature of
38-40ºF. before pumping.Weigh the amount of pickle that you will be using to artery pump the ham at 10%
of the weight of the ham.After the ham is pumped, rub in 2-3 lbs. of the above dry mixture for each 50 lbs.
of ham. Be sure that you have mixed and distributed the salt, sugar and cure.The cure can cause burn spots
on the meat if not evenly distributed.Avoid stacking the hams over 4 high, as this will cause excessive weight
on the bottom hams, which in turn will squeeze out the natural juices and the pickle. Hams should be cured
at 38-40ºF. for 5-7 days. Remove from the cooler and wash the surface salt of the hams with a stiff brush.
DO NOT SOAK. Place in stockinettes and remove to smokehouse. Stitch-Pumping Method: Ham is pumped
10% by weight as above in dry-cure method. Ham should be pumped in the shank and around all the bones
in the ham, using the same ingredients as above. Hams then are placed in a container and the cover pickle
added.This pickle is the same as was used to pump the ham. Be sure the hams are submerged beneath the
pickle. Remove and place in cooler at 38-40ºF. for 5-7 days. Place in stockinettes and put in smokehouse. Pic-
nics & Shoulders Pork butts and pork shoulders are, for the most part, cured exactly as a ham. However, there
is on important variation.The picnics and shoulders should be pumped to 15% of their green weight, rather
than the 10% for a ham.The reason for this is that during the cure period these two cuts of meat lose from
3-4% more pickle than does the ham.The same formula as processing ham applies to these 2 cuts of meat.
The hams are removed to a smokehouse preheated to 120ºF.With drafts wide open, hold for 12 hours.
Increase the temperature to 140ºF., introducing the smoke, and hold for 8 hours with draft 1/2 open. Close
the drafts, increase the temperature to 165ºF. and hold until the internal temperature of the ham is 142ºF.
For a fully cooked ham, hold until the internal temperature reaches 152-155ºF.
Boil liver and parboil the onion, then mince them together. Lightly brown the oatmeal. Mix all ingredients
together. Fill the sheep’s pluck with the mixture pressing it down to remove all the air, and sew up secure-
ly. Prick the haggis in several places so that it does not burst. Place haggis in boiling water and boil slow-
ly for 4-5 hours. Serves approximately 12.
Quick Haggis
1/2 lb liver 1 onion 1/2 cup oatmeal
5 to 8 cups stock 1/2 cup suet
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp. salt
Boil the liver and parboil the onion, then mince them together. Lightly brown the oatmeal then mix all
ingredients together. Place in a greased basin and cover with foil, or a suet crust if desired and steam for
1 1/2 hours. Serves 4.
After curing, place all meat loosely in steam kettle. Cover with sufficient amount of water. Place the pork
skins in cooking net.Then cook for approximately 1 1/2-2 hours.After cooking, remove from kettle and
let cool. Grind pork skins through 1/8” grinder plate. Grind the remaining meat through a 1 1/2” plate.
After grinding, add other ingredients and sufficient amount of cooking stock to arrive at a finished yeild
of 110-115%.
After the product is thoroughly mixed, stuff by hand into beef bung or hog stomach casings. Place in
cooler and chill for 12 hours at 34-36 degrees F. (If forming is done in molds, place molds in ice water for
approximately two hours to assist in rapid chilling.) After chilling, remove from molds and place on rack,
properly spaced, in 38-40 degree F. cooler. Chill at this temperature.
Put the head and feet in a saucepan, and barely cover them with cold water. Add the onion and salt, and
bring slowly to a boil. Simmer over low heat for two to three hours, or until the meat is easily detached
from the bones. Remove the meat from the pan and bone it carefully. Dice the meat. Strain the cooking
liquid.
Combine the meat with the vinegar, pepper, nutmeg, gherkins, mace and as much of the cooking liquid
as necessary to make a smooth syrupy mixture. Simmer it gently for 15 minutes.
Rinse out stoneware pots or bowls with cold water or vinegar. Ladle in the headcheese, pressing it down
well and filling the containers to just below the rims. Let cool until the liquid jells. Cover the surface
with a layer of melted lard. Refrigerated, the headcheese will keep for about a month.
Mince pork, beef and fat through 8mm disc. Mix herbs and spices and
sprinkle over meat mass and mix all together by hand for 5-10 mins.
Fit funnel to mixer and fill pork casings.
Mix the meats with the spices. For sausage links, attach 2 1/4-inchsausage casings to the stuffer nozzle
on a hand meat grinder. Stuff the casings to the desired length, cut the links, and secure the ends with
string. Barbecue at 225 deg F for 2 hours or slow-smoke at 185deg F for 4 hours. For sausage patties,
form the meat mixture into a roll and cover with wax paper. Slice the roll into patties and peel off the
wax paper. Patties can be fried or grilled.
Combine all ingredients, mix well, and stuff into sheep casings. Fry in butter or oil.
Grind the meat and fat twice, then mix very well and season. (Fry a teaspoon or so to check the flavor
until you get it the way you like it.) Add the breadcrumbs.
The weight of salt and red pepper can be varied to suit taste, but the “10:4:2:2” is pretty much on target.
Coarsely grind chilled meat, hand mix seasoning, and regrind and stuff into hog casings to approximate-
ly 1 1/4”diameter.
Be sure that the meat has been chilled between 32-34ºF. before starting. All blood clots, bones, cords,
etc. must be removed and thrown out. Do not keep sausage at room temperature any longer than nec-
essary. Grinding all the pork butts through 1/4” or 3/8” grinder plate. Place into the mixer and add all
the ingredients. Mix well until all the spices are evenly distributed. Stuff into a 32-35mm hog casing.
Combine all ingredients except water and casings in a large bowl. Grind through 3/8 inch plate. Moisten
with water and mix well. Stuff into medium hog casings and tie into 5 inch links. Keeps 3 days refrigerated,
2-3 months frozen.
Combine all ingredients, mix well and stuff into hog casing.You may split lengthwise and broil under medi-
um heat, or pan-fry until brown on all sides and well done.
Prepare the casings. Grind the meat and fat together through the course disk. Mix the remaining ingre-
dients with the ground meat and fat. Stuff the mixture into casings and twist off into three- or four-inch
links. 5. Refrigerate and use within three days {immediately if using store-ground meat as this is not as
sanitary as grinding your own), or wrap sausages individually and freeze.(Note:You might also try adding
about 1 T of dry sweet basil and 1 T of dried Italian oregano.)
Grind the pork and fat together in a food grinder with a 3/8 inch plate.Add garlic, salt, spices, and wine.
Mix well with your hands. Shape into patties or stuff into casings. Keeps 3 days in refrigerator or 2-3
months frozen.
Grind meat and fat together through 3/8-inch plate. Add garlic, salt, spices, and whiskey. Mix well with
your hands. Shape into patties, or stuff into medium hog casings and tie into 5-inch links. Makes 4 pounds.
Mix all the ingredients carfully, let stand for 1 hour, and mix again. Stuff into casings or fry plain.
Trim the fat from the fresh ham and grind with the lean pork butts through a 1/8” grinder plate. Grind
fresh bacon and lean ham through a 3/8” grinder plate.Add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly
until evenly distributed. Stuff the meat into a clear, fibrous 3 1/2” x 24” casing.Allow to dry at room tem-
perature for 30-40 minutes.Then place the sausage in a smoker pre-heated to 130 degrees F. for about
1 hour without smoke. Increase the smokehouse temperature to 165 degrees F. and maintain until the
internal temperature of the sausage reaches 150 degrees F. Do not smoke the sausage for more than 30
minutes during this period.
Trim and discard all fat from meat. Cut meat into 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick slices. In a bowl, combine soy
sauce, Worcestershire, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and smoke flavored salt. Stir until season-
ings are dissolved.Add all the meat strips and work them thoroughly into the mix until all surfaces are well
coated. The meat will absorb most, if not all, of the liquid. Cover tightly and let stand overnight in the
refrigerator. Shake off any excess liquid, sprinkle coarse ground black pepper on both sides.Arrange strips
fo meat close together, but not overlapping, directly on oven racks or cake racks set in shallow, rimmed
pans. Dry meat in oven at the lowest possible oven setting, 150-200 degrees, until it turns brown, feels hard
and is dry to the touch.This will take 5 hours for chicken and turkey, 4 to 7 hours for beef or venison.
Pat off any beads of oil. Cool and store in airtight plastic bags or in jars with tight fitting lids. Keeps in
refrigerator or at room temperature indefinitely.
Heat all ingredients in warm oven until fragrant and lightly browned. Do not allow to darken. Grind mix-
ture, still warm, in a coffee grinder until very fine.Add the Fermento and dextrose to augment the vine-
gar flavor. Mix all the spices together, along with the curing salts. Dredge 1/2” slices meat, then layer them
in a glass baking dish, wrapped a kitchen trash bag around it and sealed with a twistie. Overhauled after12
hours. Use minimal vinegar, about 1 cup, dipping (and rinsing) a strips of meat. Hang to dry cure for 24
hours. Smoke if desired
Mix all ingredients, stuff into 22-24mm sheep casings. Form to desired length. Smoke at 98-110ºF for 8
hours. Hold at 110ºF another 12 hours, then raise temperature until internal meat temperature reaches
145ºF. Allow to cool at room temperature about 8 hours, then refrigerate.
Combine beef, ground pork, salt, pepper, allspice, cloves, 1 teaspoon sugar, and beer, cognac, or brandy; mix
thoroughly. Knead until very smooth. Add side pork, kneading it in very well. If mixture seems dry, add
water until it is the consistency of a meat loaf mixture. Put mixture into sausage press, pastry bag, or
large cookie press, and press into sausage casings, packing it in well, so that there are no air bubbles.Tie
in 4-inch lengths with string. Rub sausages with a mixture of 1 1/2 tablespoons salt, 1 tablespoon sugar,
and 1 teaspoon saltpeter. Cover and refrigerate for 2 days, turning sausages as a brine collects in the
pan. Remove from brine, rinse, and smoke in meat smokehouse or over very low coals on covered bar-
becue for 3 to 4 hours, adding dampened hickory chips to fire, which should be low so that sausages
neither break nor burn. Refrigerate, freeze, or serve immediately. Slice to serve. Makes about 4 pounds
of sausage.
Grind all meat together with meat grinder using a large hole setting. Crush garlic and mix with other
seasonings into ground meats. Knead together thoroughly. Knead in the quart of water slowly until all is
absorbed. Soak sausage casings in cold water with several changes of water to loosen them. Put casings
on funnel end of sausage stuffer.Tie end of casing. Put meat in stuffer and crank and fill casing. Prick cas-
ings liberally to let air escape before placing in oven. Bake at 325 F for 1 hr. Add water in bottom of pan
as needed.
Lithuanian Kielbasa
5 pounds coarsely ground pork butts 1 heaping teaspoon pulverized whole mustard seeds
1 heaping teaspoon whole allspice 1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
1/2 large onion, finely chopped 2 large cloves garlic, finely minced
1/4 cup salt 1/2 cup cold water.
Mix ingredients thoroughly, and stuff into casings. Poach or boil for 20 minutes.
Combine all ingredients, mix well and stuff into hog casing.To cook, cover partially and simmer for 1 1/2
hours.
or
Combine all ingredients, mix well and stuff into hog casing.To cook, bake or broil.
Work the beef through the fine blade of the grinder, spread it on a plate and sprinkle the salt and saltpeter
over it.Work the pork and pork fat through the coarse blade of the grinder and combine with the beef.
Place in large bowl and sprinkle over the garlic, cumin seeds and red and black pepper. Beat well for 5
minutes until the mixture leaves the sides of the bowl. Beat in the 1 cup of water. Fill the casings and
twist or tie in 4-5 inch lengths. Hand them in an airy room (about 60ºF) and dry them for 2-5 days
depending on the humidity.Then smoke them for 2-5 hours until brown or dark mahogany. Do not let the
temperature rise above 100ºF. Store for up to a month in the refrigerator. Simmer in boiling water to
cover for 12-15 minutes and drain; or split lengthwise, brush with butter and broil or saute in butter.
Grind all the meat through a 1/8” grinder plate, add all the ingredients and mix well. Sausage should then
be stuffed into small or medium beef rounds or 38-42mm hog casings. Sausage should then be placed on
smokesticks, properly spaced. Knockwurst usually is not smoked very dark; however, this is optional.
Knockwurst is placed in a smokehouse that is preheated 130-135ºF. with dampers wide open. Keep at
this temperature for about 1 hour or until the product is fully dry. Smokehouse temperature then should
be raised to about 150ºF. while applying smoke and held there for 1 hour, or until the desired color is
obtained.You may increase smoker temperature to 165ºF. and cook until internal temperature reaches
152ºF. without smoke, or you may remove to the cooker until the 152ºF. is obtained internally. If you are
cooking in water, be sure the water temperature is not over 165ºF.
The meats selected for this sausage should be very high quality and bright in color. Remove all the blood
clots, sinews, and gristle. Be sure the meat has been kept at 28-32ºF. before grinding. Grind all the meats
through a 3/8” to 1/2” grinder plate. Place into the mixer and add all the ingredients, mix until evenly
distributed. (If necessary, you may add ice to keep the meat at 32-34ºF). Remove from mixer and regrind
through 1/8” grinder plate. Remove to stuffer packing tightly and use about 22-24mm lamb casings.
Remove to cooler after stuffing.
Grind all the fat meat through a 3/16” grinder plate and the lean beef through a 1” plate, or, you may
dice into 1” pieces. Place all the meat into the mixer, adding all the ingredients. Mix well and place in 38-
40ºF. cooler overnight to allow meat to set up. The next day, regrind through 3/16” plate. Be sure you
pack the stuffer very tightly with the meat to eliminate all air pockets. Stuff into fibrous casing, 3 1/2” x
24”. Hang salami on smokehouse sticks and place into smoker.Smoker should be preheated to 130ºF. and
salami should be kept in smoker for at least 1 hour with dampers wide open, no smoke. After this peri-
od, allow the dampers to remain about 1/4 open and apply heavy smoke, increasing the temperature to
140ºF., and maintain for another hour. Raise the temperature to 160ºF. for 1 hour and then raise to 170ºF.,
cutting off the smoke. Keep salami in smoker until the internal temperature reaches 152ºF. Remove from
smoker and shower with cold tap water until internal temperature is reduced to 110ºF. Allow to hang
at room temperature until the salami is dry or until desired bloom is obtained. Keep salami out of drafts
while drying. Place in cooler overnight before using.
Mix together all ingredients,stuff into casings, and twist into 5-inch lengths.
Combine all ingredients, and mix well. Stuff into sheep casings. Broil or barbecue.
Mix together all ingredients and stuff into casings.Twist into 5-inch lengths.
Grind meat and fat through 3/8 inch plate.Add other ingredients and knead well.Stuff into casings. Leave
as a coil. Keeps 3 days refrigerated, 2 months frozen.To cook, brush with a mustard glaze and bake coil at
350ºF for about 1/2 hour.
Linguica Sausage
4 lbs. boneless pork butt 1 tbsp. paprika
2 1/2 to 3 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
4 to 7 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
or pressed 1/2 tsp. allspice
4 to 6 small dried hot chili 1/4 cup cider vinegar
peppers, crushed 1/2 cup cold water
1 tbsp. coriander
Cut pork into cubes, separating lean meat and fat. Measure or weigh; you should have equal parts, or 2
pounds each, fat and lean meat. Grind coarsely. Combine ground meat in large bowl with remaining ingre-
dients, and mix well with your hands or a heavy spoon. Cover and chill at least 2 hours or overnight.
Shape into patties or links.
In a mixing bowl, combine veal or pork and the chicken livers with the sage, garlic, capers, pepper and
white wine. Cover and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours, or up to 12 hours. Remove the mixture from
the refrigerator, and add the bacon. Pass the mixture through a meat grinder fitted with medium holes or
place in a food processor and pulse until well combined, but not quite smooth.
Stuff the mixture into sausage casings, forming one long sausage or form into patties.To cook, place the
sausages on a hot grill or under a preheated broiler. Grill 5 to 6 minutes on each side.
Cook pork snouts for approximately 1 hour, let cool and then grind all the meat through a 1/8” grinder
plate. (Pork snouts should be weighed before grinding; you may have to add stock to bring snouts back
up to green weight.) Add all the ingredients and mix well until all the spices are evenly distributed; regrind
again using 1/8” plate. Liverwurst should be stuffed into a beef middle, sewed hog bungs or prime hog
bungs.There also are sewed synthetic casings available.Water should be precooked to 180ºF.; liverwurst
will then be placed into water and temperature allowed to drop to 160-165ºF. Cook until an internal
temperature of 150-152ºF. is obtained (1-1 1/2 hours).After cooking, remove to a tub filled with ice and
water for a quick chill; add sufficient ice to chill as rapidly as possible, which will require at least 45 min-
utes. Remove from ice water and let dry at room temperature; remove to cooler overnight.
Alternately
Cook hog head in kettle until the meat will strip from the bones easily. Cook hearts, tongues and livers
until tender. Remove small bones from tongue. Remove all the meat from kettle, being careful to avoid get-
ting any bone mixed with meat. Add 10% stock for each 25 lbs. of meat to bring back to green weight.
Mix all ingredients together and cure mixture for 5-6 days in the refrigerator and stuff into casings.This
kind of sausage should be stored in a cooler, ready for use.To cook, place a small amount of water in a
skillet. Place sausages and let boil in water for about 10 minutes. With a fork, pierce casings. The long-
ganisa will be ready when juices flow out and turn a dark caramel color.The sausages should also turn the
same color and some oil should leak out.
Combine all ingredients, mix well and stuff into hog casing or make patties.
Lunenburg Sausage
1 pork heart 1 pork liver
1 pork tongue 2 pork kidneys
pork lights, or lungs pork fat from entrails
2-inch strip of pork belly fat 2 tbsp. salt
2 tbsp. allspice 2 tsp. pepper
1 cup fresh summer savory 4 large onions
Soak liver, lights, and fat from entrails in salt and water for 1 hour to remove blood. Pour boiling water
over tongue, and remove skin. Cut all meats and fat in small pieces, and boil for 1 hour. Place fat from
entrails in pan in oven to render fat. (Fat may be used for cooking purposes.) When cooked, cool meat
enough to handle, then put it, plus crisp residue from fat (called crackling), through meat grinder. Grind
onions, and fry in small amount of fat to brown. Mix meat, onions, and spices well.You may add more
spice if desired. Stuff mixture into casings.
Grind all the meat through a 1/2” grinder plate.With the exception of the garlic and pepper, all the spices
are boiled in the wine for 15-20 minutes. Place meat in the mixer and add the wine and spices after they
have cooled. Dissolve all the gelatin and cure in the water adding it to the meat with the rest of the
ingredients. Mix very well until all the ingredients are evenly distributed. Grind all the meat through a
1/8” plate and stuff into pans not over 6” deep; place overnight in 38-40 degrees F. cooler. Stuff into beef
bladders or a large cellulose casing.
Place into a smoker preheated to 120 degrees F., gradually increasing the temperature to 170 degrees F.
in an 8-hour period. Keep at this temperature until the internal temperature reaches 155 degrees F. If
necessary, you may rinse with very hot water to remove the grease before placing under a cool shower.
Reduce internal temperature to around 120-125 degrees F. before placing overnight into 40-45 degree F.
cooler.
Grind meat three to five times.Add onion and seasonings, and mix well, adding stock a little at a time. Fill
into small (lamb, pork, or small beef) casings, not too firmly.
Onion Sausage
10 lbs. pork butts 3 1/2 ozs. salt
1/2 oz. powdered dextrose 2 ozs. finely chopped onions
1 tbsp. coarse black pepper 1 tbsp. ground marjoram
1 pt. ice water
Grind pork butts through a 3/8” grinder plate and fat meat through a 1/8” grinder plate. Then add all
remaining ingredients, mixing until evenly distributed. Sausage is then stuffed into 35-38mm hog casings
and placed into 38-40 degrees F. cooler for 24 hours before using.
Grind all the lean pork through a 3/16” grinder plate into the mixer and add 3/4 of all the ingredients
except ice water, soy protein concentrate and non-fat dry milk. Mix well. Grind all of the beef plates
through 3/16” grinder plate, adding the balance of the ingredients.After mixing stuff into pans, bake in a
smokehouse for about 8 hours at 170 degrees F. or until the internal temperature reaches 152 degrees
F. Remove and let cool overnight under refrigeration before slicing.
Note: For pepper loaf, you may sprinkle coarse black pepper on top of the loaves before cooking.
Put meat through 3/16-inch plate of meat grinder. Mix with power mixer or by hand, adding all other ingre-
dients as you mix, including enough flour to obtain desired consistency.When well mixed, stuff into hog cas-
ings and tie with twine in 4-inch links. Give them a cold smoke for 6 to 8 hours, and allow to cool.
Pump the plates or briskets to 15% of their weight. Meat should be placed into curing box or vat and
kept submerged while curing in cooler for 3-5 days at 40ºF. Remove the cured pastrami pieces from the
box or vat and rub all sides with a combination of coarse black pepper and coriander; or you may use
coarsely chopped pickling spices.You also may sprinkle the meat with paprika to give it an attractive
appearance. Place in smokehouse preheated at 130ºF. with dampers wide open. Hold at this tempera-
ture for about 1 hour or until the surface of the meat is dry. Close dampers to 1/4 open and apply a
light smoke for about 2 hours. Gradually increase the smokehouse temperature to 200-220ºF. and hold
until an internal temperature of 175-180ºF. is obtained internally. Meat then is removed from the smoke-
house and allowed to cool at room temperature for 1-2 hours before removing to cooler overnight.
Pastrami- Wisconsin
5 lbs brisket or sirloin tip 1Tbs Cayenne
1Tbs Garlic Powder 2 qts Water
1tsp Prague#1 2tbs black pepper, coarsely ground
2 tbs of pickling spice
Pump the meat to 5% of green weight. If using a roast, cut to max thickness of 3”. Cure with remaining pick-
le in a plastic bag for 7-10 days in fridge turning occasionally. Dry for 4-6 hrs at room temperature Put
meat and spices to a plastic bag and press spice into meat evenly. Rest in fridge overnight. Smoke at 200-
230ºF for 8-10 hrs and meat reaches 150ºF internally. Cool thoroughly before slicing thinly.
Cook the livers and onion in the first measure of butter in a skillet until the livers are no longer pink
(about 5 minutes), stirring occasionally. Drain, reserving the drippings (you’ll need about 3 tablespoons of
drippings for 1 cup of pate). Use a food processor or blender to puree the livers and reserved drippings.
Add the mayonnaise, the second measure of butter (softened), lemon juice,Tabasco sauce, salt and pep-
per. Mix thoroughly. Place in a well oiled mold. Cover. Chill for 6 hours or longer. Unmold. Garnish with
chopped hard cooked egg and snipped chives. Serve with crackers.
Grind all the meat through a 3/16 grinder plate. Use mixer and add all the ingredients mixing evenly;
regrind through 1/8 plate. The meat now is ready for stuffing. Stuffing: It is essential that the meat be
well-chilled to avoid smearing.The meat should be stuffed into 24-26mm lamb casings. Drying: Hold pep-
peroni at 70 degrees F. for about 2 days maintaining a relative humidity of about 75%.The product should
be kept in a 38-40 degrees F. cooler for at least 20 days (or until desired dryness is reached), from the time
the cure has been added to the pepperoni. Be sure that casings used are not more than 1 3/8” in diam-
eter, as this formula applies only to casings below this range.
Grind the meat, add remaining ingredients, stuff into casings. Dry at 125º F for a couple of hours, then cook
at 165º until internal temperature is 145º. Edible immediately, but you can let it sit in the fridge to dry out.
I put it in the vegetable drawer on a rack so air can reach both sides. It will lose about 30% of its weight
over the course of a few weeks Okay, you say - I though this was supposed to be simple - what’s this “soy pro-
tein”,“powdered dextrose”, and “corn syrup solids” doing in there? Okay, I say, soy protein is a filler, in there
to absorb fat and hold moisture.You can use non-fat dried milk instead. But, whatever you use, use about
half of what this recipe calls for.Too much gives a mealy texture that is not pleasing, though this effect lessens
with time.The dextrose is there to feed the fermenting. If you decide to add vinegar instead, just forget about
it - or add any simple sugar such as honey.The corn syrup solids also aid fermenting, but are mostly there
for their binding effect. Using honey combines this essential with the fermentation food.You don’t think that
16th-century sausage makers were using this stuff, do you? They are just conveniences, not essential to fla-
vor or safety.What’s essential for the flavor is the salt, anise, and pepper. Notice there is no black pepper in
here.Also no garlic or fennel, but you can add any of those things if you like. Form the meat into “logs” and
wrap in saran wrap instad of stuffing. Let them rest in the fridge a few days for the cure to work.The salt
and cure will harden the meat and some fermentation will take place. Now, we want to slowly dry it in the
oven. Set the temperature as low as possible (150º F or greater), 165º is fine - not any higher. Rotate the
rolls every couple of hours to keep the drying even. 10 hours should do the trick. Let them cool to room tem-
perature then take ‘em to the fridge.
Grind meat and fat through a 1/2-inch plate. Mix meat, fat, and all seasonings. Grind through a 1/8-inch plate
and mix 6 minutes. Stuff in hog casings and place in 90 degrees Fahrenheit smokehouse until pH 5 is reached.
Store at 50 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 days to produce a dry product, or heat to 142 degrees Fahrenheit
after pH 5 is reached to produce a semi-dry product.
It is best to use a starter culture with all fermented sausage. If starter cultures are not available let product
stand in a 6-inch deep tray at 38 degrees Fahrenheit for 72 hours before it is stuffed or add 8 oz. of GDL
per 100 lb. of product and heat to 142 degrees Fahrenheit internally without incubation.
This type of loaf traditionally is a fine-textured luncheon meat (emulsified) and is cooked in pans submerged
in water. For home use, this product may be stuffed into 6 “ fibrous casings.
All meats can be ground with a 1/4” grinder plate, then mixed with all ingredients, adding the water last. Stuff
into casings or pans and cook in 160ºF. water until internal temperature reaches 152ºF. Place in cold water
until internal temperature is reduced to 70-75ºF.
Pickled Sausage
1 c. white vinegar 1/2 c. water
1/4 c. white sugar 1/8 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. mixed pickling spices 1 med. onion, sliced
6 links smokies
Mix together first 5 ingredients and boil for 8 minutes; cool. Put smokies and onions in large glass jar. Pour
vinegar mixture over smokies. Refrigerate overnight before serving. Store in refrigerator.
Meat is placed into container with brine mixture; bring temperature up to 210ºF. Heat is shut off and meat
allowed to stay in pickle all night.The next morning, bring temperature up to 180ºF. and cook until tender.
Remove liquid from container and allow cold water to fill up container and overflow.Allow water to keep run-
ning into container to cool product down; this also helps to bring unwanted fat particles to the surface. Feet
can be made boneless or semi-boneless, depending on the individual. Feet are soaked in white vinegar
overnight. Remove from vinegar and rinse with cold water until all surface fat is removed. If not properly
washed, the vinegar will become cloudy. Pig’s feet may be packed in jars filled to capacity with white vinegar.
You may decorate with whole bay leaves or red peppers. Pig’s feet also are prepared by cooking in water
until tender, or until meat is coming off the bones. Pickling spices are added while cooking. About 1/2 to 3/4
of the broth is poured off and then allowed to cool off.After cooking the broth is then tossed or scrambled
and served in that manner, like jello.Another method is to cook until meat separates from bones, adding bay
leaves rather than pickling spices.After completely cooked bones are removed, broth and meat are allowed
to cool and set up like jello. It is served with a little splash of white vinegar.This is a traditonal Polish dish.
Grind meats through finest blade of meat grinder.Add most of the cracker crumbs and nutmeg. Mix well,
and turn out on waxed paper. Shape into roll. On another sheet of waxed paper, spread egg. Roll meat in
beaten egg, covering all sides. On third piece of waxed paper, sprinkle additional cracker crumbs. Roll
meat in crumbs to coat.Wrap meat in piece of white muslin that has been sprinkled with cracker crumb,
and tie ends securely. Place sausage in boiling water to cover completely, and add salt.The vessel should
be rectangular to allow roll to lie straight. Cook for 2 hours, turning after 1 hour and adding more water
if necessary. Roll should be submerged during entire cooking period. Remove from water, cool, and
remove cloth. Refrigerate until next day. Cut in narrow slices and serve cold. Makes 6 servings.
Grind all the meat, potatoes, and onions thru a 3/8” grinder plate and place in a mixer.Add all the other
ingredients with the water and mix well. After this procedure, regrind thru the 3/8” grinder plate again.
Stuff into hog casings 38-40 MM.This sausage is a very perishable product. It is best kept when frozen.This
sausage may be served fried, baked, or broiled. Keep in refrigerator in container and covered with water.
Combine ingreds. and mix well. Stuff in casings. Makes about 17 lb. Freeze in 1 or 2 lb. pkgs.When ready
to cook, place sausage in skillet in water to cover. Cook slowly until water is all cooked down and sausage
browns in its own juice.
Grind lean beef through food grinder with 3/8 inch plate, fatty beef through 1/4 inch plate. In large bowl,
mix ground meat with all other ingredients, except water and casings. Add enough water to allow you
to work the spices in, knead till well blended. Stuff into lamb casings and tie into 5 inch links. Keeps in
refrigerator 2-3 days or 2-3 months in the freezer.
Cover separated meat with curing spice overnight. Next day: Grind the second meat through a small
plate. Add 20 grams garlic, 1 gram Cornstarch, 1 cup water, and 1 pinch of nutmeg. Place all in processor
and puree. Mix puree with ground tenderloin. Pipe into large casing. Cure overnight. Poach in 180 degree
water or Hot smoke 1/2 hour and finish in water. Variation: Pistachios are also traditional part of mix.Add
1 cup per 5 pounds of tenderloin.
English Saveloys
60 lbs. beef trimmings, cured 1/4 lb. thyme
20 lbs. hog skins, cured 20 lbs. hog cheek meat, cured
1 lb. breakfast sausage seasoning 1/4 lb. coriander
8 oz. sugar flour
Wash salt off skins, and place them in water in a kettle. Cook at 180 degrees for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until
tender. Reserve stock. Run cooked skins through 5/64 inch plate, and beef and cheek meat through 1/8
inch hole. Mix all together well by hand or mixer, adding stock from skins and flour to reach desired con-
sistency. Stuff into hog casings. Tie off in links 4 inches long. After forming eight links, connect the two
ends with stout twine, 4 inches apart, for hanging. Prick well with sharp needle. Give them a hot smoke
for 2 hours, then cook in water at 155 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes. Hang up the sausages, and rinse
with hot water, then cold. Allow to cool for 1 hour, then refrigerate.
Simmer ribs with next 4 ingredients over med. heat for 2 hours until tender. Remove meat. Let cool and
remove meat from bones. Chop meat. Chill meat and broth overnight. Next day degrease broth.Take 1
qt. broth, add meat (pork and braunsweiger), and bring to boil. Add next 4 ingredients. Gradually add
cornmeal/buckwheat mixture to boiling broth, whisking constantly. Cover and cook 30 min. Pour into a
greased loaf pan. Chill overnight.To serve, unmold loaf, slice about 1/3” thick and fry over med. high heat
until well-browned and crisp on both sides. Serve with maple syrup or tomato gravy (recipe follows).
Combine pork, 1 quart of water, onion slices and bay leaf in saucepan. Cover and simmer 1 hour. Drain
pork and reserve broth. Discard bones and chop meat fine. Mix cornmeal, 1 cup water, salt and 2 cups
reserved broth in a saucepan. Cook, stirring, until thick. Stir in meat, minced onion, thyme, sage and pep-
per. Cover and simmer 1 hour. Pour into a 9 x 5 loaf pan and chill until firm. Cut into slices, dust lightly
with flour and fry in heated shortening until browned on both sides. Serve at once. Makes about 6 serv-
ings.
Simmer meat covered with water, garlic, and onion. Remove the garlic after the mixture has boiled a few
minutes. Remove from heat when the meat begins to fall away from the bones (approx. 4 hours). Cool,
remove all bones, skin and grizzle. Strain liquid. (approx. 2 - 1/2 qts.). Shred meat and combine with a
modest amount of fat (1/2 cup) skimmed from the liquid and reserved liquid to simmer. (It is a good idea
to hold out some liquid) Bring to a simmer, add salt, pepper, summer savory, and thyme to taste. (1/4 tsp.
salt, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 2 tsp. summer savory, 1 tsp. thyme) Be sure that there is enough liquid to accept
white corn meal in sufficient quantity to adhere the meat together.Add liquid from reserve.Mix in flour.
(Becomes as thick as gravy.)Begin adding and stirring in corn meal until quite thick. (Gets so thick that it
is difficult to stir with heavy spoon. Similar to pie crust but not quite as thick.) Spread in loaf pan. Refrig-
erate, or freeze. Slice and brown in frying pan.
Cut the fish into 1-inch pieces. Place sausagel ingredients into a food processor and pulse until coarse-
ly chopped. Or, pass them ingredients through a meat grinder fitted with medium holes.Stuff the mix-
ture into casings or form 2 long sausages in plastic wrap. Poach the sausages in gently simmering water
for 5 minutes, drain and let cool. If you have used plastic wrap to form the sausages, remove it when
sausages are cool. Cut sausages into 6-inch lengths. To serve, grill the sausages or place under a pre-
heated broiler. Since the sausages are already cooked, you want only to reheat them and crisp their skins.
The Romano cheese must be broken or cut up into smaller sized pieces so that it fits into your grinder.
Grind cheese through a 3/8” grinder plate at least twice.This breaks it down to a powdery consistency
so it can be mixed easily with the meat. Grind meat through a 3/8” grinder plate and place in a mixing
bowl.Add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly until evenly distributed. Stuff into 32-35mm hog
casing.You may also make this sausage in patties if you like. This particular sausage tastes best if it is
cooked shortly after it is made. It is a good idea to prepare only what you can use up in a couple days.
This sausage may be frozen, but the longer it is kept frozen, the more dominant the Romano cheese fla-
vor will become.
Grind all meat through 1/2” or 3/4” grinder plate.Add all ingredients and mix well. Remove meat to tub
container, packing meat tightly (not over 6-7” high) and refrigerate for 48 hours. Remove from cooler,
grind meat through 1/4” plate and stuff into hog middle 8-10” long. Sausage then is held for 48 hours at
about 55ºF. and then is placed into smokehouse. Sausage is smoked for 48 hours with cold smoke until
color is obtained. Remove from smokehouse and keep at 50-60ºF. with humidity around 70-80%. Hold
about 8-10 weeks. Product will be ready when it loses about 30% of its green weight. This recipe is for
10 lbs. of meat and calls for 2 level tsp. of nitrate. Adjust accordingly.
Combine spices and bread crumbs. Blend in spice mixture, water and vinegar with pork and bacon. To
shape, squeeze through 2 cm hole in pastry bag making links 8 cm long. To panfry, cook 7 min, turning
frequently.To broil, cook fresh or frozen links about 5 min each side. For fresh links, refrigerate at least
24 hours to allow flavors to blend. Keeps up to 3 days. May be stored in freezer at -18 C up to 8 weeks.
Makes about 14 links.
Summer Sausage
2 lb hamburger 1 cup water
1.5 tsp liquid smoke 1.5 tsp garlic powder
1 Tbs mustard seed 1 Tbs peppercorns (optional)
1 tsp seasoned salt 3 Tbs salt
Mix together all ingredients. Roll in short rolls.Wrap in aluminum foil (shiny side in). Refrigerate for 24
hours. Leave in foil and cook for 1 hour and 10 minutes at 350 degrees F.The last 15 minutes, open and
remove foil.Cook on cooking rack.If fat hamburger is not available, increase the proportion of regular
hamburger. Ask your butcher. Regular hamburger is considered 70 % to 80 % lean.
The beef should be ground through a 3/16” grinder plate. The regular pork trimmings shall be ground
through a 1” plate. Place all the ground meat into mixer and add all the ingredients. Mix thoroughly until
all the ingredients are evenly distributed. After mixing, place in a tub and hold in 38-40 degree F. cooler
until the next day. Do not pack the meat over 6”-7” high in the tubs. After curing overnight, regrind
through 1/8” plate, pack tightly in stuffer and stuff into 2 1/2-2 3/4” by 24” sewed beef middles or 3 1/2”
by 24” fibrous casing. Be sure that all air pockets are eliminated—when stuffing, stuff tightly. After stuff-
ing, hang on smokesticks and dry at room temperature for 4-5 hours. Place in smokehouse preheated
at 120-130 degrees F. and apply a heavy smudge and smoke at this temperature for 3-4 hours, or until
the desired color is obtained. Raise the temperature to 165 degrees F. and cook until the internal tem-
perature reaches 145 degrees F.After cooking, shower with cold water until the internal temperature is
at least 120 degrees F. After shower, allow to hang at room temperature for 1-2 hours until the desired
bloom is obtained. Keep out of drafts. Place in 45 degrees F. cooler for at least 24 hours.
Peel the potatoes and boil in lightly salted water for about ten minutes, they should still be very firm in
the center, chop coarsely. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl with your hands and run through a
grinder with a sausage stuffer attachment.Tie off the stuffed casings with two knots at 12 inch intervals
and sever in between. A 12 inch length of korv is equivalent to one standard serving. Fill a pot large
enough to comfortably hold the the number of rings you wish to cook with water and bring to a boil.Add
the rings of korv and boil for 45 minutes. Prick the sausage skins as they boil to release the entrapped air.
The proper accompaniment to hot korv is boiled potates, green peas and copious amount of butter.
Trim the pork of all excess fat and cut it into strips about 1 inch thick and at least 4 inches long. Mix
together the seasonings and place in a shallow pan. Roll each strip of pork in the seasoning mixture and
place on a tray. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least overnight (preferable a couple of days).
Prepare your smoker. Place the pork strips on a grill or rod and smoke until done, 5-7 hours. Don’t let
the smoker get too hot. Remove the meat and let it cool completely, then wrap well in plastic and foil.The
tasso will keep well in the refrigerator for up to 10 days, and it also freezes very well.
Teewurst
Teewurst is a fine quality sausage and does not spoil quickly if kept refrigerated. It is a type of sausage
one must acquire a taste for.
Grind meat and pimentos through a 1/8” grinder plate. Add remaining ingredients and mix well until
evenly distributed.Then regrind meat through a 1/8” grinder plate so you can achieve a finer texture for
spreading. Stuff meat into a clear fibrous casing 3 1/2” in diameter.After stuffing, hang the sausage at 68-
70 degrees F. for at least 3 hours. Place sausage in a cold smoker with heavy, dense smoke for 2-3 days.
You may also smoke it for 8-10 hours at 90-100 degrees F. in dense smoke, but you get a better flavor if
it is smoked for 2-3 days without heat
Mix together all ingredients,stuff into casings, and twist into 5-inch lengths.
You can use this recipes probably also for venison, if you add some ground up fat.
Grind the lean pork, pork cheeks and pork hearts through a 3/16” grinder plate. Cut the pork cheeks or pork
fat into 1 1/2”-2” cubes. Place all the meats into the mixer along with all the ingrdeients and mix until even-
ly distributed. Put meat in curing tubs and pack very tightly to exclude the air pockets. Place in a 38-40ºF.
cooler for 3-4 days.The thuringer is properly cured when it has a nice red color.After curing, remove from
the cooler and grind through a 1/8” or 3/16” plate. Pack the meat very tightly into the stuffer, eliminating all
air pockets. Use single-wall beef middles for stuffing, 2 3/4” by 30” long or 3 1/2” by 24” fibrous casings.To
produce a thuringer that has a consistent sour flavor followed very closely the weather which will govern
the variations in curing and hanging time.After stuffing, hang thuringer on smoke sticks and allow to hang
at room temperature (65-70ºF.) for 10-12 hours or until the product is thoroughly dry.When the weath-
er is cooler than 65ºF., increase the hanging time to 24 hours. Place thuringer into 100-110ºF. smokehouse.
Immediately apply a heavy smudge and smoke at this temperature for 8-10 hours; raise the smokehouse
temperature to 145 degreess F. and smoke at this temperature until internal temperature of 138ºF. is
obtained.Allow to cool at room temperature and place into cooler overnight. It is very important that the
thuringer be smoked at a low temperature; maximum temperatures should not exceed 110ºF.
Garnish:
1/2 pound duck breast, large dice salt to taste
pepper to taste pinch curing salt
3 oz. brandy
Season the duck breast with the salt, pepper, and curing salt; marinate it in 3 oz. brandy and reserve it. Saute
the onion and garlic in the butter. Cool the mixture.Add the herbs and fatback, then freeze the mixture
until the fatback is very cold and slightly firmed. Combine the fatback mixture with the pork, duck leg
meat, livers, remaining brandy, salt, curing salt, and pepper. Grind the mixture, using a medium die. Com-
bine 1/3 of the meat mixture with the egg in a food processor. Process it to a smooth consistency. Poach
a test quenelle to check the seasoning and binding. Fold in the parsley, pistachios, and
VARIATIONS:
RABBIT TERRINE:Add 5 mashed and minced juniper berries to the herb mixture. Substitute rabbit leg for
the duck. Substitute gin for the brandy. Substitute a rabbit loin and 1 tbls. of butcher’s pepper for the
garnish of diced duck breast.
ARTICHOKE TERRINE: Double the herb mixture. Substitute chicken livers for the duck.Add an inlay of
10 cooked artichokes. Substitute artichokes in a 1/2” dice for the duck breast garnish.
VENISON TERRINE: Add 5 mashed and minced juniper berries and the blanched zest of 1 1/2 oranges
to the herb mixture. Substitute venison trim for the duck leg. Substitute chestnuts for pistachios. Sub-
stitute venison loin for duck breast garnish. Add 1 cup chopped dried fruits.
For this sausage, the turkey should be 2 parts dark meat to 1 part white meat. Ground turkey from the
supermarket works well in this recipe. Combine brandy, thyme cloves, onion, pepper and salt in a small
saucepan and place over medium heat. Cook 3 minutes, then scrape into the bowl of a food processor.
Add the bacon and puree until smooth. Place the mixture in a mixing bowl, add the ground turkey and egg
whites and mix well. Stuff the mixture into casings or form into patties. Grill or cook sausages and serve
immediately.
3 1/2 lbs boneless turkey breast 1/2 lb potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 tsp salt 1 tlb paprika
1 1/2 tsp ground red pepper 1 tsp ground white pepper
1 tsp granulated garlic 1/2 tsp ground sage
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 2 tsps liquid smoke
Sausage Casings
In a meat grinder or food processor, grind together the turkey and potatoes until coarsely ground.Trans-
fer to a mixing bowl, and add the remaining ingredients, mixing thoroughly. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Soak the sausage casings for 1 hr in a small bowl with enough water to cover. Rinse the casings thor-
oughly to remove excess salt and stuff. Place the sausage in the smoker and smoke for 2 hours, turn and
smoke another 2 hrs.
Using fine disk, grind turkey, mix with remaining ingredients and grind again. Stuff into casings and twist
off into 3” links. Cook in vegetable oil until browned and cooked through.
2 c. cooked soybeans
1 c. cooked dry lima beans
1 c. cooked dry navy beans
2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. paprika
1 T. melted butter
1/4 tsp. sage
1/4 tsp. thyme
1/4 tsp. marjoram
1/8 tsp. summer savory
1 egg, beaten
2/3 c. milk
1 c. cornmeal
Preheat oven to 500 deg F. Press the beans through a colander. Addspices. Shape mixture into patties.
Combine egg and milk. Dip patties into egg, then into cornmeal. Place in well oiled roasting pan. Bake until
sausages are browned on all sides, turning during cooking.
Chop the bacon and dice the venison, then mix in the salt, pepper, and sage. Refrigerate the mixture for
a few hours before use. Shape the mixture into thin patties. Pour a little oil into a skillet or onto a grid-
dle and heat to medium high. Grill the patties for a few minutes on each side.
8 lbs. venison with some fat pork 3 Tbsp. sea salt (see note)
2 Tbsp. black pepper 2 Tbsp. sage
Measure and mix seasonings. Sprinkle over ground venison and fat pork, mix thoroughly with hands. Can
be ground the second time for a finer grade of sausage. Stuff in casings with sausage grinder stuffer.When
they are stuffed, hang over about 3-inch hickory poles and put a smoke from green hickory chips under
sausage to smoke two or three days. Poles should be at least 5 feet above the smoker. NOTE: Remem-
ber that some old recipes such as the one above use salt that would, at the time, be likely to contain
some salt-peter and other presevatives.These days, most of these minerals are removed from table salt
before it is packaged for sale in the supermarket.
Grind all meat through a 1/4” grinder plate and mix all ingredients well. Stuff into 32-35mm hog casings
and link into 6” links Remove to preheated smokehouse at 120ºF., with dampers wide open for about 1
hour or until sausage is dry. Then apply heavy smoke, gradually increasing temperature of smokehouse
to 160ºF. Damper is to be about 1/4 open while the smokhouse heat is increased at the rate of 10ºF.
every 30 minutes. Hold until internal temperature reaches 152ºF. Remove from smoker and shower with
cool water until internal temperature reaches 110ºF. Remove and place in cooler for 24 hours before
using.
Mix venison and pork together.Add approx. 1/2 cup hot water to meat to gain desired texture for sausage
press. Add spices and mix well.
Again mix the venison and the pork, and add water. Finally add the spices and mix well.
Chill all meat and grind through 1/4” or 3/16” grinder plate. Remove the blood clots, bones and sinews. Place
all meat into mixer, adding all the ingredients. Mix well until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.
Remove, place in stuffer and use 35-38mm hog casings for stuffing. Let sausage dry at room temperature
for about 45 minutes after stuffing. Remove to smokehouse preheated at 120 degrees F. and leave dampers
wide open. Sausage will dry more for about 45 minutes.After this period, gradually adjust smoker to 160-
170 degrees F. with dampers open. Allow product to smoke until the internal temperature reaches 152
degrees F.
Mix salt and cure with coarsely ground venison and pork trimmings. Pack in shallow pan and place in cool-
er for 3 to 5 days.Then add rest of ingredients and mix well. *Cure is optional. It is used to develop a pink
color and as a preservative. Sausage is quite spicy. If you like less spice, cut down spices. Stuff prepared
sausage into casings and smoke at 140 degrees F for 1 hour; 160 degrees F for 1 hour; and 180 degrees F
for 2 hours, or until the internal temperature reaches 152 degrees F. (Insert a meat thermometer in the
thickest part of the sausage.) Remove from smokehouse and spray with hot water for 15-30 seconds. Fol-
low with cold shower or place in ice water until internal temperature is reduced to 100 degrees F. Let
dry for 1 to 2 hours. Place in cooler.
Grind all the meat through 1/4” or 3/16” grinder plate. Place in mixer with all the ingredients and mix until
the ingredients are evenly distributed. After mixing, place all the meat into the curing pans, not over 6
inches high, and pack tightly. Be sure all the air pockets are removed. Let the meat cure in the cooler at
38-40º F. for 3-4 days; the thuringer is properly cured when it has a nice red color. After curing, regrind
all the meat through a 1/8” plate. Pack meat tightly into stuffer to prevent air pockets. Stuff the meat
into 2 3/4” diameter by 30” sewed single-wall beef middles; or, you may use the 3 1/2” by 24” fibrous
casings.To produce a thuringer that has a consistent sour flavor, it is of the utmost importance that the
correct curing and smoking temperatures are followed very closely. Close attention also should be given
to the weather condition, which will govern the conditions in curing and hanging time.After stuffing, hang
the thuringer on the smokehouse sticks and space properly. Allow the thuringer to hang at room tem-
perature for at least 10-12 hours or until the product is completely dry. If the weather is cool, increase
the hanging time of the thuringer to 24 hours; that is, if the temperature is lower than 65º F.Then place
the thuringer into a 100 degree F. smokehouse, apply a heavy smudge and smoke at this temperature for
8-10 hours. Keep the temperature between 100-110º F. during this period. Then raise the smokehouse
temperature to 145º F. and heat at this temperature until an internal temperature of 138º F. is obtained.
Place in 45 degree F. cooler and chill for at least 24 hours before using. NOTE: During the time the
thuringer is being smoked, it is extremely important that you not exceed the maximum of 100º F.
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Vienna Sausage
Grind the meat through a 1/8” grinder plate. Add the remaining ingredients, except water, mixing thor-
oughly. Place the meat in a meat processor and emulsify it, adding the water as you go along.Then stuff
the mixture into 24-26mm sheep casings. Hang at room temperature for 30-40 minutes or until dry.
Place in a preheated smokehouse at 150º F. and hold there for 1 hour. Raise temperature to 165º F., hold-
ing until internal temperature reaches 152º F. Vienna sausage is not smoked.
Grind meat through a 1/4” or 3/8” grinder plate.Add all the ingredients except the water and mix thor-
oughly until evenly distributed. Then place the meat in the food processor, adding the water as you go
along. This will help emulsify the meat. Stuff into a 32-35mm hog casing and make into 5” to 6” links.
Place into 160ºF. water and cook until an internal temperature of 150ºF. is attained. Then shower the
sausage with cool water until the internal temperature falls to 75ºF. Place in cooler overnight before
using.
Remove bacon rind and then freeze the bacon at about 26-28 degrees F. Then remove the bacon from
the freezer and cube it into 1” squares. Grind the lean pork and beef through a 3/8” grinder plate.Thor-
oughly mix the frozen bacon and meat with the remaining ingredients.Then stuff into protein-lined fibrous
casing (3 1/2” x 24”) or a hog bung. Let the ham sausage cure at 65-70 degrees F. for about 48 hours
with a relative humidity of 70-80%. Put sausage in a cooler at 45-50 degrees F. with a relative humidity of
70-75%. Store sausage for 70-80 days before using.
In a very large lettle, boil the pig’s head for four or five hours or until the meat begins to fall from the bone.
In a separate kettle boil the lungs, heart, and kidneys for about two hours or until the meat is tender.
Chill the liver slices in the freezer for half an hour and after cutting them into cubes, put them through
the coarse disk of the meat grinder.When the head and organs are cool enough to handle, scrape all the
meat from the head, cube the organs, and mix all with the raw liver, and put this through the fine disk. For
each part meat, combine with two equal parts of stale white bread that has been soaked in water and
then squeezed dry.Weigh the sausage mixture.Add the following ingredients in the proportions listed: 1
tsp salt per lb., 1/2 tsp. black pepper per lb., 1/4 tsp. each of allspice and cloves per lb., and 1/2 tsp. mar-
joram, grated lemon rind and minced garlic per lb.Add ascorbic acid at the rate of 1/4 tsp. per five lbs. and
saltpeter at the rate of 1 tsp. per ten lbs. Stuff the casings and tie off into six-inch links. Bring a large ket-
tle of water to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook the links until they rise to the top. Don’t let the
water boil once the links have been added, or they may burst. Cool the sausage in a pot of cool water,
remove it and pat it dry.You can refrigerate the sausage and eat it cold, or warm it up at a later date.
Or, you can smoke it at about 120ºF. for about four hours, or until it is very firm.