Cured Sausage: 106 Basics for Making Snack Sticks

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Summer Sausage is a semi-dried sausage that is typically stuffed into a larger diameter fibrous casing. It can be made from beef, pork, wild game or some combination of meat. Some people are intimidated by making it but the most basic steps can be done by almost any home processor.

The first thing you need to do is to grind you meat. Make sure you have oiled your plates and knives before starting your grinder. You will want to grind the meat twice, the first grind should be through a 3/8 plate and then with a 1/8 plate. Remember to keep your meat cold through this process. You can also simply purchase ground pork, it is readily available just make sure you aren’t buying lean pork, you want and need the fat.

Next you need to mix the seasoning and cure into your meat. To do this you can either use a meat mixer or do it by hand. Because this is a product that we are going to cure and smoke we need to achieve a high level of protein extraction so doing this with your hands is difficult but can be done. When using a mixer add the meat to the mixer, then the seasoning and cure and finally the water, you will want to mix in both directions until all seasoning and cure has been mixed in and you have good protein extraction. You will know that a good level of protein extraction has been achieved when the meat is sticky and tacky if you can pull a handful of it apart and it stretches that is a good sign.

Next, choose the largest stuffing tube that your casings will fit over and begin stuffing. Stuff until the casings are full and smooth but leave yourself enough room on the end to close with a hog ring. To close with a hog ring twist the end and then put a hog ring over the twist and crimp it down.

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