Bear Pepperoni

[Scottie's Gourmet Meats]

Hey guys! I'm fixin to make bear pepperoni for the first time this weekend and I am curious about how much fat I should add to the meat. I know typically bear is much greasier than regular meat and so I don't want to over-do it. I will be using beef fat, as I don't use any pork products in my 'roni.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[NePaSmoKer]

Hey guys! I'm fixin to make bear pepperoni for the first time this weekend and I am curious about how much fat I should add to the meat. I know typically bear is much greasier than regular meat and so I don't want to over-do it. I will be using beef fat, as I don't use any pork products in my 'roni.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Try to cut as much of the fat from the meat as you can. Beef or pork fat cut in is the best. Your looking for 15% fat to lean. I save my brisket trim for these kind of things.

[GusRobin]

If I don't have enough fat from trimming briskets, I go to Publix and get all the beef fat trimmimgs that I want for free

[Scottie's Gourmet Meats]

Thanks guys! I went with right at 10% and it came out WONDERFUL!!!!