Venison Spicy Polish Sausage

[reinhard1]

I've made this before a few times but not with venison this time.  We were lucky this year to get some venison and I'm in the process of making different types of sausage from the trimmings.  First was the Polish.  I used a mix of venison, pork, and beef.  Curley's Polish sausage seasonings enough for 25 pounds.  I added crushed red pepper, mustard seeds and plenty of diced garlic.  Really don't need to add anything but I do for some heat and garlic mainly.  Just cant' help myself.  Always add powdered milk as a binder, it's a must for me.  Here are some pic's.  good luck.

You can see that after a night in the fridge to let the seasonings and the cure meld, the meat get's that nice red color from the cure.

 

When you start stuffing and prior to linking I poke a few hole's to make the linking easier and it gets rid of excess air pockets.

 

Form a small patty and do a taste test.  Notice how red the meat gets with that cure.

 

 

Links getting ready on my jerky rack to go in the oven.  Ya, the oven this time.  No time for the smoker today.

 

 

First batch comes out of the oven having reached the internal of 155 deg.

 

After the cold bath they get cooled down.  I took a link and simmered it for 10 minutes and sampled it.  Simmering the links in water brings out the best in these Polish.  They get nice and plump and sure are tasty.

 

Now that's a bite size piece, come to Papa!!

[RebelSS]

"Form a small patty and do a taste test."      Uh...umm....can I apply for that position?  

[highlife4me]

I bet a hot polish would go real good with a cold beer!  Looks good Reinhard.

[Boar]

awsome R1 love seeing yur work.

[lovebigbluegills]

Wow!!! That looks amazing!!!

[leech~~]

Looks great!

When I get old and retire like Reinhard.  I want to just stay home and make all kinds of great meats and home made breads all warm and cozy by the fire place!

[thirdeye]

Those look tasty!!  I haven't used my oven for sausage in a good long while (since I have several smokers) and it looks like you got a nice color on them.

[reinhard1]

That color comes from the cure.  Of course the smoker is the best.  Planned to cold smoke them but things came up for me to do so I didn't have the time for a full day smoke as planned.  It happens to me at times LOL.  good luck.

[perchking]

WOW, now that looks good.