Re: [CH] sausage recipes
Dave Hendricks (bvdrangs@rcn.com)
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:55:18 -0400 (EDT)
Someone asked a few weeks ago for sausage recipes. I finally found the one we use to make our kielbasa. Here it it:
Kielbasa
By Barb Hendricks
10 Pounds pork shoulder meat
1 pound Beef cubes
10 tsp salt
5 tsp pepper
10 Tbl mustard seeds
10 medium garlic cloves, minced
Grind all meats with coarse blade in grinder. Mix meat together with seasonings. You can sample the sausage by frying a small amount and tasting to see if the seasonings are balanced. Stuff sausage into casings.
Notes: The seasonings are approximate. I usually "hand" measure (pours the spice into hand) and figure that 1 tsp, salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tbl mustard seed and 1 clove garlic are about right for a pound of meat, then uses 10x. That is why I always sample some, maybe a tablespoon of it.
I cook this several ways. One is to bake it in the oven, my preferred method. Another is to "poach" it in boiling water. Most of the time (at Easter) we eat it cold, with a beetroot & horseradish mix for a condiment. We have also used it as sausage on the grill and eat it as any other sausage. If time permits, we toss a few rings in the smoker with apple wood.
BoomerangDave