Texas Style Sausage

[Johnnyxray]

Anyone have a recipe for a Texas style sausage? It is typically a smoked beef sausage with a good amount of black pepper. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[classicrockgriller]

might look here:

http://www.bbq-porch.org/recipes/html/C6.htm

[3rensho]

CRG, thanks for the link.  Didn't have that one.

[BuyLowSellHigh]

I've looked high and low for a Texas "brisket belt" sausage recipe that is like what you describe.  So far I haven't found a published recipe.  I did, however, find what follows from Don & Rick Schmidt who run/ran Kreuz Market in Lockhart (Don retired in 1997).  This was included in Southwest Taste, which is the the companion cookbook to the PBS series from the '90's "Great Chefs of the West", that featured the restaurant in one of the shows.

The Schmidts are quoted: 
"The sausage is 85 percent beef and 15 percent pork, and we sometimes mix in some bull meat to make it even leaner", says Rick.  "It is still all hand stuffed and mixed with just a little salt, pepper, and cayenne. We don't use garlic or oregano. It is then hot smoked over pure post oak, and then we chill them overnight. Like stew, the chilling and reheating is very important, and it tastes better the next day."

[Johnnyxray]

CRG, that is a great link.

BLSH, that is exaxtly what I am talking about. The sausage I had was at the Stateline BBQ in EL Paso. I really liked it. I do mainly Texas style BBQ and those sausages would be great to serve with some of the other stuff I make. Thanks for the help.

[Caneyscud]

Johhynxray

Here is a recipe I've used in the past with very good results. 

Texas Sausage similar to Krause's

Makes 5 pounds of link sausage.

1 Tablespoon ground coriander
1 Tablespoon ground cumino
1 Tablespoon granulated garlic
1 Tablespoon of seasoned salt
1 Tablespoon of freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
3# boneless boston butt - trimmed of excess fat
2# beef chuck
1/2 cup of ice water as needed
5 foot of 38 to 42 mm hog casing

Pork 3/8" grinder plate
Beef 3/16" grinder plate

Mix all
stuff
smoke cook


Don't leave the coriander out - Important to the taste.

I've got others at the house.  I'll try to find my sausage recipe notebook and post them also.

[OU812]

Caney;

Cant say I've ever heard of cumino.

Is it like Cumin?

You never know.  ;D

Thanks.

[Caneyscud]

Cumino is plural for cumin - I think male plural for cumin.

I guess when they grind up cumin seeds to make cumin powder, maybe there are so many little bitsy pieces of ground up cumin that they call it cumino.  

[Sailor]

Caney, I have the recipe copied and it is on my list to make.  I love Texas Sausage and have been looking for a good recipe to try.  Thank you for sharing.

[Johnnyxray]

Caney, thanks for the recipe. It looks like it will be great. I will try it first and adjust if needed.