I had a chance to make some more bologna this past weekend. Same recipe I've used in the past, but decided to make smaller chubs versus the larger 4"+ diameter chubs I've done before.
Ground up some pork butts and had some lean ground beef to use. The usual list of bologna ingredients:
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After mixing all the ingredients, I re-ground (2nd grind) the batch through a FINE late (3.0) in order to achieve a smooth, fine texture in the final bologna:
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I used some summer sausage fibrous casings I picked up on my last trip to the Cabela's outside of Reno.
They hold about 3.3 lbs fully stuffed. Had just enough leftover to make a mini-chub ("chubbette"? ):
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I hung the chubs in kitchen & put the big floor fan on 'em to blowdry them before I hung them in the smoker.
After about an hour, I hung the dry chubs in the smoker. Using "Pitmaster Blend" pellets in the A-Maze-N smoker, I'll hang these for about 3 hours of heavy smoke before I finish them in the poacher.
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More to come.....
Kevin
Nice looking chubs you got there!
Looking good as always. :)
So after 5-1/2 hours of cold-smoking, I pulled the hanging chubs.
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The chubs get plunked into a basin of hot water (167°). Temp probe inserted into one.
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Top placed on the poacher. I'm keeping an eye on both the water temp (dial thermometer) and the IT of the chub (Maverick). I estimate it should take about 30 minutes or so to reach 155.°
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After 35 minutes, I plunged the chubs into an ice bath for a quick cool...
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SLICED: I usually wait 24 hours or so before slicing—this gives the chub a chance to firm up & dry a bit—but I gave in to temptation and sliced a few to sample. The texture came out nice and the flavor is very good! My son thought it was great fried up!
Kevin
Here are a few thick slices, still moist, but peeled & ready to go! :)
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Nice job Kevin. I just ordered some beef middles and the pitmaster blend this past week. Bologna is next on my list too. ;D
Oh, heck yeah! Looks pretty darn tasty!
Looks great Kevin. I always enjoy reading your posts. Great pictures ;)
WOW those look real juicy. Very nice. :)
Lookin gooood
Fried bologna brings me back to my younger days, we used bacon grease
Well Kevin good looking as usual I have this recipe on our auto excel sheet. Deer archery season is open now and soon the regular season will open up. Looking forward to getting some venison for the sausage making. It still has been kind of warm out but that will change soon. You do a great job as usual.
KC
Man, that looks good! Fried bologna Sammie sounds good :)
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Nice work. Probably all gone by now
Looks awesome. One of these days, I am going to have to try this myself. Thanks for the great pics. :)
Bologna glamour shot!
Boys & I never grow tired of fried bologna sandwiches while watching the NFL or the MLB playoffs!
We've been making a sizable dent in the bologna stockpile.
Kevin
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Niiice looking fried bologna!
Man Oh Man does that look good. All out of homemade stuff and all I have is crappy store bought :-[
4/20
OMG! looks so good! Showed the hubs, as his favorite snack is fried bologna, lettuce, and tomato in a tortilla. Wants to know why I haven't made this! Did you ever post the recipe?
Recipe please please please!
Here's the recipe:
BOLOGNA
makes 10 lbs
5 LBS PORK SHOULDER
5 LBS LEAN GROUND BEEF
70g Kosher Salt
85g Non Fat Dry Milk (blended until fine powder is achieved)
(or 55g NFDM; 30g SoyProtein)-I used 100% NFDM on this batch
36g Dextrose
12g Cure#1
7.0g White Pepper
6.0g Paprika (*use Smoked Paprika if stronger smoke flavor is desired)
4.5g Nutmeg (I ran out of nutmeg so used 2.5g of mace with 2.0g nutmeg)
3.0g Garlic powder (add more if you want more garlic kick)
2.0g Allspice
2.0g Coriander
1-1/2 cups Ice water
Soak Casing(s) in warm water.
Use a medium plate (4.5) to grind pork. Mix salt and cure together in 1/2cup water.
Mix this solution into meats until well-mixed. Let sit for an hour or so in fridge. Add remaining ingredients and grind again through fine plate (3.0). You can next emulsify in a processor if you desire an ultra-fine paste texture. ( I skipped this step.)
Stuff tightly into casings to minimize air pockets. Air dry. Preheat smoker to 100 and hang bologna for an hour. Raise temp to 130 for another hour. Smoke time: 90 minutes-2hours.(**OR cold-smoke for 4-6 hours—this is what I did this time.). Poach chubs in hot bath @167 degrees until 155 IT is reached. Cool bologna in ice bath and hang to bloom. Refrigerate overnight. Slice after well-chilling.
- Kevin
Thanks Kevin!
QuoteNiiice looking fried bologna!
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Thanks Kevin !!