Made Some Sausage Over The Weekend.....

[seemore]

Two different kinds, as a matter of fact:  mushroom sausage with pine nuts and hop sausage.
Started with 10 pounds of cubed pork:

To the first batch of pork, I added crimini mushrooms, porcini mushrooms, marsala wine, pine nuts, salt, pepper, marjoram and parsley.

To the remaining batch of pork I added beer, ground hops, sea salt, fresh sage, fresh thyme, black pepper, smoked paprika, and Chinese five spice seasoning.

The mushroom/pine nut sausage is really, really GOOD.
The hop sausage is bitter.  We used a stout beer and hops for stout beer, so perhaps that is why it is leaving such a nasty after taste.
10.5 suggested boiling these brats in some beer and onions before grilling.  I think I will try that to alleviate that bitter taste.
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[classicrockgriller]

They do look good.

Where did you get that idea from?

That's kewl.

[OU812]

Man them sausages are out there.  ;D

Have you made these before?

They sound really good.

[SouthernSmoked]

Heck Yeah, sausage looks good!

I may have to give the mushroom/pine nut sausage a try.

[kinyo]

Looks really good Seemore!

Hop sausage must be good.

[dbondy]

Looks awesome seemore, kool list of ingredents.

[seemore]

Here is the link to the mushroom/pine nut sausage:
http://lpoli.50webs.com/index_files/Salsiccia-mushroom.pdf
A coworker of mine does home brewing.  He subscribes to a home brewing magazine, and the recipe for the hop sausage was in there.
He gave it to me to try.
The only thing with this hop sausage is that it had a very bitter aftertaste.  Is there anything I can do to improve that?  Does anyone know anything about hops?
I got out five pounds to make the hop sausage, then decided to get another five pounds out to make another kind.  Why make just five pounds, right????
Here is the recipe for the Hop Sausage:

5 lbs pork butt
1 C beer of choice - I used a stout
4 cloves garlic, minced
5 t sea salt
2 T fresh sage, finely chopped
2T fresh thyme, finely chopped
1 T dried hops of choice, ground in a coffee grinder
2 t black pepper, ground
2 t smoked paprika
1 t Chinese Five Spice powder

Cube the pork and add the ingredients, except for the beer.  Place the pork in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Grind the pork, then add the beer to the ground pork, mixing it well into the meat.
Stuff the mixture into casings.
These can store in the refrigerator for 3 days, and in the freezer for up to 2 months.

seemore

[squirtthecat]

What kind of beer and what kind of hops?

[seemore]

Hey Squirt..  Mrs here.  Mr is on the phone....
It was Sierra Stout, and we picked up hops for a stout brew.  Probably too much stout?

[squirtthecat]

Hey Squirt..  Mrs here.  Mr is on the phone....
It was Sierra Stout, and we picked up hops for a stout brew.  Probably too much stout?

I'd think so.  That is bitter + bitter and powdered bitter..

Maybe soak/simmer them in some Natty Light to offset the taste??

[NePaSmoKer]

Outstanding Mr & Mrs  ;D