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Smoking Techniques => Sausage Making => Topic started by: JZ on March 20, 2013, 09:03:58 AM

Title: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics.
Post by: JZ on March 20, 2013, 09:03:58 AM
I plan on making some Jagerwurst and have a store bought ham that has been smoked and cooked. I want to mix this with some raw ground pork to make the sausage. The ham ingredients include "nitrite" so I am thinking I should take the raw pork and mix in 1 tsp of cure #1 for each 5 lbs of raw pork, let that sit for a few hours then mix in the store bought ham (with out adding any cure for its weight) then adding the spices, mix, stuff, smoke and cook.

Does that sound right?
Title: Re: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics
Post by: JZ on March 21, 2013, 07:41:29 PM
No replies so I figured it must be right and went for it. I made 2 new sausages (my first time with these recipes). The first was a Jagerwurst and the second was a Polish sausage.

First pic is the Polish sausage after stuffing this morning.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/JZ-bucket/Sausage/e025.jpg)

Then the Jagerwurst after stuffing.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/JZ-bucket/Sausage/e026.jpg)

Then both of them smoking along nicely.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/JZ-bucket/Sausage/e027.jpg)

Here they are blooming.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/JZ-bucket/Sausage/e028.jpg)

All piled up on the counter.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/JZ-bucket/Sausage/e031.jpg)

And a pic of the polish after a sample.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/JZ-bucket/Sausage/e032.jpg)

This stuff is really good. I will give the Jagerwurst a taste test tomorrow.
Title: Re: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics.
Post by: Waltz on March 22, 2013, 07:45:12 AM
Sausages look great JZ. I saw your original post but did not reply because I was not sure if what you were suggesting was 'right' or not. It seemed like what I would do if I was doing that kind of thing but have no experience of it to comment. I am glad they turned out so well.
Title: Re: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics.
Post by: JZ on March 22, 2013, 07:43:57 PM
Thanks Waltz. I wasn't sure either but it kind of made sense to me, so I ran with it and the results were good. I tried the Jagerwurst today and it was good but the polish was definitely the winner.

These took on some very nice color and smokey flavor. Went with 4 1/2 hrs of pecan.
Title: Re: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics.
Post by: Sailor on March 23, 2013, 04:05:40 AM
Nice looking sausage you got there.  Yes you were right about the cure.
Title: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics.
Post by: STLstyle on March 23, 2013, 06:10:50 AM
Sausage looks great JZ!  Nice job!
Title: Re: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics.
Post by: bundy on March 23, 2013, 06:17:57 PM
Really looks good, what was the polish recipe ?
Title: Re: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics.
Post by: Quarlow on March 23, 2013, 06:48:51 PM
Yum JZ, those look awesome.
Title: Re: Hunter Sausage Question - Now Answered with pics.
Post by: Tenpoint5 on March 23, 2013, 07:41:06 PM
Looks real good