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How To Make Summer Sausage
Adapted from S. Marianski.
Prep Time
2 hrs
Cook Time
6 hrs
Additional Time
1 d
Total Time
1 d 8 hrs
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 146 kcal
Course:
Appetizer , Lunch , Dinner
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 700 g beef chuck (about 1.54 lbs)
- 300 g Pork butt (about 0.66 lbs)
- 23 g salt (about 4 tsp)
- 2.5 g Cure #1 (about 1/2 tsp)
- 10 g dextrose (or glucose; about 2 tsp)
- 5 g sugar - 5.0 g (about 1 tsp)
- 3 g black pepper (ground, about 1½ tsp)
- 2 g Coriander (ground, about 1 tsp)
- 4 g whole mustard seeds (about 1 1/2 tsp)
- 2 g allspice (about 1 tsp)
- 3.5 g garlic (about 1 clove)
- 0.24 g F-LC culture (use scale)
Instructions
- Grind pork and beef through 3/16” plate (5 mm).
- Mix all ingredients with ground meat.
- Stuff into beef middles or fibrous casings about 60 mm in diameter.
- Ferment at 86F (30C) and 85-90% humidity for 24 hours.
- Place the sausage in the smoker and smoke at 110F and 70% humidity for 6 hours. Gradually increase smoke temperature until internal meat temperature reaches 140F.
- For a drier sausage, dry for 3 days at 60-70F and 65-75% humidity or until desired weight loss is achieved.
- Store sausages at 50-59F and 75-80% humidity.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
146kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
2g
(1%)
Protein
16g
(32%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
0.4g
Cholesterol
55mg
(18%)
Sodium
888mg
(37%)
Potassium
295mg
(8%)
Fiber
0.2g
(1%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
20IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
20mg
(2%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 146
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 146kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 2g | 1% |
| Protein | 16g | 32% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 55mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 888mg | 37% |
| Potassium | 295mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 0.2g | 1% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 20IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 20mg | 2% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.