Tin Can Salami

[muzzletim]

No adult beverage!!!! :o :o

[anderson5420]

Somehow a pre-packaged cure and spice mix goes against the grain.  Here is the DIY version (you can do this in the oven or in you smoker, stuffed in tin cans, casings or just rolled into logs as shown above).  We call it Hamburger Snack Sausage, but it could be venison and beef or whatever. It is what launched me on my journey, handed down from Mom.

5 lb. ground beef (or ground meat)
2 TBS Morton Tenderquick (or 1 tsp Instacure #1 and 2 TBS coarse salt)
1 TBS coarse cracked pepper
1 TBS whole pepper corns
1 TBS mustard seeds
As much minced garlic as you like - we like a LOT, maybe 6 cloves
A dash of cayenne
1 cup ice water

If you are not going to smoke it, add a capful (or less) of liquid smoke.  Mix well by hand.  Form into logs, wrap in Saranwrap,  and leave in fridge until they "set up" - and they will, sort of like concrete!  Bake in 250 degree oven to internal temp of 152. 

Aha!  But us Bradley types now have a choice, Like they say, when you come to a fork in the road, take it!  If you are going to smoke it without stuffing, you can omit the Liquid Smoke (duh), form into logs, wrap and let it set up in the fridge.  Then smoke it on the racks to internal temp of 152.  Or, what I now do, stuff into some medium sized fibrous synthetic casings and hang from a smoke stick in your smoker, smoking to our good old internal temperature of 152.  May try hog middles one of these days.

If you are still saving up for you Bradley, this works fine in an El Cheapo Little Chief with a couple of pans full of moistened sawdust or wood chips.  I did tons of the non-stuffed snack sausage in our LIttle Chief.

Enjoy!

[classicrockgriller]

THanks anderson, appreciate the info

[squirtthecat]

Dang, that sounds good...   I'm going to try it. (in much smaller batches)

[Quarlow]

Yeah this sounds goodI think I will try it too. I would like to try a beer sausage also. any recipes for that.

[Hopefull Romantic]

Dang, that sounds good...   I'm going to try it. (in much smaller batches)

Not is so much smaller batches, I am going to try it too.

HR

[classicrockgriller]

The salami was a hugh success at camp. Both were gone in about 15 minutes. They said bring some more, I said make it yourself.