My first ever homemade sausage

[bobsbeer]

Well I finally got all my bits and bobs together for sausage making. And today seemed as good a day as any, so I dove in feet first. As I'm in Cumbria the first home made sausage had to be a Cumberland. So after chopping and mincing and soaking, the end result at least looked like sausages. I guess the real test will be the eating and that comes later for tea. OH is busy as I speak making onion gravy and mash. Can't wait. :lick: :lick;

So this was my recipe:
Pork Shoulder 1kg/Pork belly 350g 80%
Rusk 140g
Spice mix 50g
Ale 140ml
Total 1650g
2m hog casing

Here are a few pics:

First rough mince

Mixing the other stuff

Trying to find the end

And here they come

The finished sausages

Vac packed ready for the freezer, packed in 4's

I'll post a pic once cooked :grin:

 

[Mark1964]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm bangers

 

[alawlor66430]

Sounds good

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Nice one Bob.. :thumb:
Where did you buy the machine? my dad was thinking about doing his own..


I also notice your good at holding a large sausage...

 

[bobsbeer]

I also notice your good at holding a large sausage...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Years of practice.

The mincer/sausage machine came from Lakeland. Worked great. It only came with one sausage horn which is great for normal bangers but I might try to get a few different ones to do different thickness of sausage. But all in all it was easy to do and the machine worked great. I did have to shove in some bread to push out the last of the meat, but I guess you need to do that with all machines.

 

[Brewbob]

Looks good :thumb: , what were they?
The Snug is almost becoming a DIY sausage forum...

 

[bobsbeer]

Cumberland with added ale. :thumb:

 

[Baz Chaz]

Bloody 'ell Bob, good job I've had a pint or three watching the rugby or I'd be round to help with the testing :lol:

 

[bobsbeer]

Your welcome to a pack from the freezer. :thumb:

 

[bobsbeer]

Well the proof is in the eating as they say, and they tasted great. Very sagey, and needed more pepper/mace for my taste but all in all a good start. OH loved em and even the dog gave a tails up wag after trying a bit.

The cooked sausages

 

[RokDok]

Sausages are, in my opinion the tastiest food you can ever eat.

Up the ante though and instead of using rusk, use breadcrumb made with homemade bread.

RD

 

[alanywiseman.]

They look amazing bob!!!

 

[graysalchemy]

Thats exactly how I like my sausages bob :thumb: :thumb:

Have you posted this in the sausage forum yet.

 

[Monkeybrew]

I have my own butchers , so make sausages all day!

Generally I use 1% salt w/w Pork

A nice recipe we do involves doing a coarse grind adding whole fennel seed, garlic and chilli with 1% sugar (no breadcrumb) and grinding again to make an Italian banger

 

[bobsbeer]

A nice recipe we do involves doing a coarse grind adding whole fennel seed, garlic and chilli with 1% sugar (no breadcrumb) and grinding again to make an Italian banger

That sounds good. I'll put that in my book. Thanks

Have you posted this in the sausage forum yet.

Yes put the same post on there too. No replies on there though.

 

[EskiBrew]

Wow, they look great :clap:

 

[MetalGuru]

I love making home made sausages. Plus you don't have to restrict yourself to pork / beef. I make a Thai-style, with chicken, lemon grass, chilli, ginger, garlic and coriander.

But you can't beat a classic banger with mash and gravy :

Bon apetit!