Kielbasa

[Tenpoint5]

Kielbasa

Mixed and ready to rest for 3 days in the fridge



Ground and seasoned



Taster



Loaded into the smoker



Smoke is just finishing up





All done after hanging to bloom overnight in the cool garage



Freezer bound

[Grouperman941]

Those look great.

[TMB]

Still got my addy  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[dave01]

they sure look tasty, can't wait to try making sausage

[watchdog56]

Looks like a Christmas package to me. Nice job.

[RedJada]

Looks great! But you forgot the lets eat part. Gus has my address. LOL

[cobra6223]

nice looking basa Chris and I love your idea to stagger the two rows.
I think I used a recipe from sailor, do you use his recipe or different one?

[Tenpoint5]

Tim I use a Len Poli recipe

[renoman]

What are you using for casings on those? The preshaped collagen ones?

[Tenpoint5]

What are you using for casings on those? The preshaped collagen ones?

I use natural casings as much as I can unless I am making snack sticks. But yes these are beef collagen casings. Thought this was a different thread when I first replied

[hybridcx]

is this all pork? I am going to attempt kielbasa for the first time with deer what ratio of pork to deer should I shoot for?

[Tenpoint5]

is this all pork? I am going to attempt kielbasa for the first time with deer what ratio of pork to deer should I shoot for?

For a more pronounced venison flavor go 80/20 will also be dryer. To conserve venison 60/40 mix with Boston butts

[tskeeter]

What are you using for casings on those? The preshaped collagen ones?

Renoman, while I like the convenience of collagen casings, I prefer the snap and linkability of natural casings.  The last couple of batches of kielbasa I made I used the pre-flushed pre-tubed casing from Syracuse Casing Co.  No unpleasant odor.  Easy to handle and get on stuffer tube.  Rinse off salt and short (I think 10 minute) soak before use.  Shelf life of, if I remember correctly, six months.

Think I saw pre-tubed casings in the last Lem catalog, too.  So they seem to be becoming more readily available from a variety of sources.

[tailfeathers]

X2 on the Syracuse pre-tubed casings. Best invention EVER.


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[cobra6223]

Thanks Chris