Ok so the smokehouse is done and i had to get back into the chef stuff again. This gave me a great opportunity to test out my upgraded setup from Kirby with the 5 gallon mixer and 15lb stuffer. Both worked flawlessly and i'm looking forward to getting the foot pedal mechanism hooked up.
Decided to go with an easy recipe as i got a late start. This is the Cooked Salami recipe from the Kutas book.
6 1/2lbs of lean beef and 3 1/2lbs of pork butt ready for a trip through the grinder.
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Ready for some fun......
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Spice mix added. Note how much space there is left in the mixer with a 10lb batch of meat.
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Time for a spin.
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I should have packed the first 2 casings a little bit more. Oh what the hell, my daughter loves this stuff so she can have her very own slab.
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Cleanup is done, sausages resting in fridge overnight and i'm kicking back.
No judging guys, remember i'm a hardcore Scandinavian and we like our vodka :)
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Will shoot some pics during the smoke and of course when i put the knife to them later on.
Looks excellent!! Nothin wrong with a little vodka :)
Quote from: Keymaster on March 02, 2012, 09:40:21 AM
Looks excellent!! Nothin wrong with a little vodka :)
I have enough to share Aaron.
Holy crap, THAT is a drill!
Looks excellent so far.....I'm going to have to get one of those mixers
Quote from: Smoke some on March 02, 2012, 10:50:06 AM
Looks excellent so far.....I'm going to have to get one of those mixers
Kirby can hook you up
They are in for an hour worth of warming at 130 before I start to hit them with smoke. After that we work the temperature up to 150 slowly while continuing to hit them with hickory for about 4 hours.
From there we turn the heat up a bit until we IT of 155.
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Quote from: Flyboyandre on March 02, 2012, 11:24:11 AM
Quote from: Smoke some on March 02, 2012, 10:50:06 AM
Looks excellent so far.....I'm going to have to get one of those mixers
Kirby can hook you up
X2. I have the 2.5 gallon mixer. It's great.
They is looking good to me. Pour me a glass on the rocks please ;D
Quote from: Sailor on March 02, 2012, 03:12:08 PM
They is looking good to me. Pour me a glass on the rocks please ;D
No prob!
Its bloom time
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Very nice texture but I'm not so sold on the Cardamom belonging in this recipe Kutas :)
Decided to slice only the short slab tonight. The other two will have to rest overnight.
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Looks good and Andre. You are off and running. It looks like you have most of the equipment that you need.
How is the taste. I would like to give it a try on a cracker with a brew.
I have started substituting cracked black pepper for the whole peppercorns as I like the pepper dispersed through out the sausage.
Kirby
I can mail you some Kirby.
Quote from: Flyboyandre on March 03, 2012, 11:36:49 AM
I can mail you some Kirby.
Just keep some in the freezer and if we get together this summer some time we can exchange samples. Chedk your PM I have sent you something.
Kirby
Here are the final 2 shots. Needless to say, I need to get some more vacuum packing bags :)
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