Sausage fest at my place!

[username_taken]

Sorry Ash for the misleading topic... It's not that sort of sausage fest.

I made my first attempt at home made sausages this evening, here's a writeup :-

Mexican Chorizo Sausages

Similar to their spanish cousins the Mexican chorizo is a spicy pork based sausage. It uses chipotle and tequila to give them a very mexican personality. I got this Recipe from 'Charcuterie' by Michael Ruhlman & Brian Polcyn, an amazing book on salting, smoking and curing meats. However I did alter the recipe slightly to suit local ingredients and to add my own twist, because making sausages for the first time isn't quite daunting enough for a clown like me.

These sausages could be cold smoked and cured, however as this is my first foray into the sausage world I decided to keep it simple. The recipe calls for diced pork shoulder butt, however all I could get on short notice was pork belly. It's got plenty of fat, so should keep the magic ratio of 70/30 meat to fat.

2.5kg boneless pork belly, diced

40g rock salt

2 Tb ancho chile powder ( use plain chilli powder if unavailable )

1 Tb hot paprika

2 chiptle chilies ( i used dried, but could take them out of adobo sauce can ) seeded and crumbled.

1 Tb minced garlic

1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

1 tsp dried oregeno ( 1 Tb if fresh )

1/2 tsp cumin powder

1 Tb onion powder

1 Tb Cocoa

45ml balsamic vinegar, chilled

45ml tequila, chilled

3 metres hog casing

In a mortar and pestle grind your chipotles and salt into a fine powder.

Mix all ingredients except for the vinegar and tequila.

Grind the mixture into a bowl set in ice.

Mix this with the vinegar and tequila until it's developed a uniform sticky appearance ( about a minute on slow in a kitchenaid with a paddle attachment )

Saute a small piece of mince and taste, adjust seasoning if you feel it needs it.

Using your sausage maker stuff the hog casing with the mixture and twist into 6" sausages.

Refridgerate overnight, then eat, or freeze them.

[Rocket75]

Intersting indeed! Cocoa!

When you say refrigerate and eat or freeze...don't they need to be cooked first before eating?

[Terry H]

Rocket75 wrote:

Intersting indeed! Cocoa!

When you say refrigerate and eat or freeze...don't they need to be cooked first before eating?

I dunno mate, based on some guys on this site those raw sangas are cooked enough.

[Biggles]

TerryH wrote:

Rocket75 wrote:

Intersting indeed! Cocoa!

When you say refrigerate and eat or freeze...don't they need to be cooked first before eating?

I dunno mate, based on some guys on this site those raw sangas are cooked enough.

Says the guy who eats teddy bear biscuits.

Al

[Terry H]

Not sure where you're going with that Al? I never had teddy bear biscuits for lunch.

[faulked]

thats cause they are gone by little lunch:P

[username_taken]

Rocket75 wrote:

Intersting indeed! Cocoa!

When you say refrigerate and eat or freeze...don't they need to be cooked first before eating?

Oh yeah gotta cook it of course, I just assume that's part of the 'eat' process

[Samara]

*stealthily creeps in and kidnaps username_taken so he can cook delicious food for me*

WWAHAHAHAHAHA

[Ash]

"Sorry Ash for the misleading topic... It's not that sort of sausage fest."

Damn. Had those crutchless leather pants and that cowboy had you liked last time ready!

Snags look good though.

[Angry51]

Sounds good, took me 4 months to find some tequilla in small bottles.

Would sooner do Spanish Choriza but am going to try your recipe.

Got a Pancetta in for curing at the moment.

Will post back results. Will take another 3/4 weeks.

    Cheers

     Gary

[Angus]

11 hours ago, Angry51 said:

Sounds good, took me 4 months to find some tequilla in small bottles.

Would sooner do Spanish Choriza but am going to try your recipe.

Got a Pancetta in for curing at the moment.

Will post back results. Will take another 3/4 weeks.

    Cheers

     Gary

@Angry51 funny you dug this up. I had not heard from Paul @username_taken for ages but he is back from Texas this month and keen for a fish!

[Drop Bear]

On 12/3/2017 at 6:41 AM, Angus said:

gry51 funny you dug this up. I had not heard from Paul @username_taken for ages but he is back from Texas this month and keen for a fish!

Should we make some sausages for xmas?