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Smoking Techniques => Sausage Making => Topic started by: seemore on November 19, 2011, 07:27:09 PM

Title: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: seemore on November 19, 2011, 07:27:09 PM
Thanks Squirt for your input.  Here is what we came up with:
5 lbs pork butt
4 1/2 t salt
6 T onion flakes
1 t cure #1
1 t garlic granules
5 t finely chopped parsley
2 t crushed thyme leaves
3 t Cayenne pepper
1 1/2 t red pepper flakes
1/2 t allspice
1 small bay leaf, crushed
1/2 t Soileau's seasoning
1 t chipotle powder
1 lb crawfish tails

First, we ground the pork:
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/seemorephoto/100_1721.jpg)
Wow - $1.11 per lb
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/seemorephoto/100_1724.jpg)
Next we combined our seasonings and chopped up the crawfish:
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/seemorephoto/100_1726.jpg)
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/seemorephoto/100_1725.jpg)
We added these to the ground pork and mixed it all together:
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/seemorephoto/100_1727.jpg)
Stuffed and ready to grill:
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/seemorephoto/100_1729.jpg)
We sampled some  - not on the grill.  It has a nice kick to it, and we can't wait to grill some!
seemore
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: squirtthecat on November 19, 2011, 07:30:52 PM
Looks great!

Love those 'used pork butt' sales at Schnucks..  (normally like 3.50/lb there)    Didn't realize you had one way up there.
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: seemore on November 19, 2011, 07:40:52 PM
Yes - we have had a Schnucks for about 7 years now.  It is not too far from our house, so we take advantage of those 'out of date pork butts' sales when we see them.
:):):):):)
seemore
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: NePaSmoKer on November 19, 2011, 07:59:32 PM
Scott


Looks freaking AWESOME
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: Tenpoint5 on November 20, 2011, 06:51:38 AM
Looks great can't wait to see how you like them off the grill
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: MTFiddler on November 20, 2011, 06:53:42 AM
Awesome!!!  So many great ideas...so little time.

good job

Lon
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: MTFiddler on November 20, 2011, 07:04:00 AM
Scott,

So is Soileau's seasoning a type of cajun seasoning or just a seasoning salt of some type?

Lon
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: seemore on November 20, 2011, 07:35:13 AM
Lon it is a bayou bend seasoning salt I get from squirt the cat it is very good stuff
scott
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: squirtthecat on November 20, 2011, 07:44:35 AM

Lon, they only sell it in small stores here in Central IL.  The family is from Louisiana and they mix it by hand in a small restaurant kitchen.  They drive around and stock the area stores every couple weeks.

It's good stuff.  It also has a serious kick, so a little goes a long way.

If you want to try it, shoot me a PM w/ your address and I can drop a bottle in the mail..
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: KyNola on November 20, 2011, 08:13:56 AM
That sausage looks good Seemore!
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: hal4uk on November 20, 2011, 08:46:49 AM
mudbugs!  Yummers!!!
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: MTFiddler on December 01, 2011, 04:58:14 PM
So what is the verdict? they look like you could just stuff yourself til you can't walk. I got the goods from Squirt, so ready to try.

Lon
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: seemore on December 01, 2011, 05:16:30 PM
Lon,
It is very tasty, but it is very spicy.  If you don't want a lot of heat, don't use as much cayenne.
seemore
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: MTFiddler on December 01, 2011, 05:37:13 PM
Thanks for the heads up, I don't mind the heat but I appreciate the flavors more.  Now I just have to make the time to put everything together.

Thanks,

Lon
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: OU812 on December 01, 2011, 06:43:10 PM
Looks and sounds GREAT semore's.   :o

Money shot?  ;D

Been huntin and still playin catch up here, time for this rookie to start makin sausage.  ;)
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: hal4uk on December 01, 2011, 07:44:02 PM
Ok... aside from the (FREAKY HIGH) cost of mudbug tails...
Any other reason for 5 to 1?  instead of 5 to 2?...
Would it stick together ok?
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: seemore on December 02, 2011, 05:28:56 PM
Hal, since we had never done this before, we went with just the one-pound package.
If I do this again, I will use 2 pounds of crawfish instead of just one.  I do not think there would be any problem with it holding together.
The drawback is that we went from .98 cents a brat to make with one package of crawfish up to $1.65 a brat.  And it made only 19 brats.   :o
seemore
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: jiggerjams on December 02, 2011, 09:28:10 PM
Great recipe and great price on the pork butt!
Title: Re: Crawfish Sausage!
Post by: MTFiddler on December 11, 2011, 09:35:14 AM
Thanks Seemore and Squirt, made some (backed off the heat by @1/3) and added to a 15 bean Cajun soup mix yesterday. Let it slow cook all day. Wow, you both did good. We'll be having this again for sure.

(http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc490/MTFiddler/crawfish%20sausage/CIMG0924.jpg)

Pikeman, I must have the wrong number, tried to get hold of you but.... you know I'll try harder next time.

thanks for the great sausage.