Beef Brats Recipe & Plated Shot

tropics · Apr 11, 2016

Seeing some threads on making Brats,I've only had Johnsonville a few times.Never cared for them,never thought I would make them.Decided to give it a shot with 4 1/2 lbs 80/20 Beef 1/2 lb. Pork fat,mixed yesterday and rested in the fridge till this morning.

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tropics
Apr 11, 2016

Linking as we go

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tropics
Apr 11, 2016

5 lbs done

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tropics
Apr 11, 2016

Freezing them the way they are

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tropics
Apr 11, 2016

Thanks for looking

Richie

worktogthr · Apr 11, 2016

Looking good Richie! Like you, I was never a huge fan of brats but when I had homemade for the first time I really liked them! Great simmered in beer and then finished on the grill!

chef willie · Apr 11, 2016

hey...there ya go.....nice batch of Brats. Agree totally on the J'villes.....WAY to much fat in there for me. Jeez, I look at them in the market and they are almost all white from fat content which is, what ?, about 25-30 grams a link. And who eats just one?.....bwahahaha.

tropics · Apr 11, 2016

worktogthr said:
Looking good Richie! Like you, I was never a huge fan of brats but when I had homemade for the first time I really liked them! Great simmered in beer and then finished on the grill!

Chris the fry test convinced me I will like Brats Thanks for the nice words

Richie

dirtsailor2003 · Apr 11, 2016

Brats look great Richie!

I like to simmer in beer and thin sliced Walla Walla Sweet onions. Finish on the grill. Serve with the onions, sauerkraut and mustard! Good stuff!

Points!

tropics · Apr 11, 2016

Chef Willie said:
hey...there ya go.....nice batch of Brats. Agree totally on the J'villes.....WAY to much fat in there for me. Jeez, I look at them in the market and they are almost all white from fat content which is, what ?, about 25-30 grams a link. And who eats just one?.....bwahahaha.

Willie I used your recipe with a few changes, thanks for the kind words and your post,it got me moving to do it

Richie

tropics · Apr 11, 2016

dirtsailor2003 said:
Brats look great Richie!

I like to simmer in beer and thin sliced Walla Walla Sweet onions. Finish on the grill. Serve with the onions, sauerkraut and mustard! Good stuff!

Points!

Case that is what we plan on doing,should start getting better weather soon.Thanks for the point I appreciate it

Richie

tropics · Apr 12, 2016

Froze and Vac Pack til we start BBQing

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tropics
Apr 12, 2016

Kept 4 links out for dinner tonight.Cooking them like fresh Kielbasa

Richie

SmokinAl · Apr 12, 2016

I was wondering if you cooked any of them.

I see in your last post you saved 4 out to cook.

We make our own all the time, Johnsonville brats are pretty good, but homemade is so much better.

Yours look perfect! Nice job on the linking!

Points for you!

Al

tropics · Apr 12, 2016

SmokinAl said:
I was wondering if you cooked any of them.

I see in your last post you saved 4 out to cook.

We make our own all the time, Johnsonville brats are pretty good, but homemade is so much better.

Yours look perfect! Nice job on the linking!

Points for you!

Al

Al Thanks we have rain and clouds most of today,so we want to try them.Going with kraut and pirogi's

Richie

gary s · Apr 12, 2016

Hey Richie those look mighty tasty I've got to try some

Gary

crazymoon · Apr 12, 2016

Richie, A good brat is excellent and yours look mighty tasty !

pc farmer · Apr 12, 2016

Looks tasty. I am out of brats.

Recipe?

driedstick · Apr 12, 2016

Looks great Trops,,, Nice job

DS

tropics · Apr 13, 2016

gary s said:
Hey Richie those look mighty tasty I've got to try some

Gary

Gary my recipe is only a little different then Chef Willie Thanks for the points

CrazyMoon said:
Richie, A good brat is excellent and yours look mighty tasty !

We had some last night with sauerkraut,they are good,Thanks for the points

c farmer said:
Looks tasty. I am out of brats.

Recipe?

Adam they are will post some pics in a while Thanks for the points

driedstick said:
Looks great Trops,,, Nice job

DS

DS as I said in my post I didn't care for the J-ville ,I will be making these again and probably going to do the Pork also,Thanks for the points

Richie

tropics · Apr 13, 2016

Brats Recipe

4 1/2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
1/2 lb. pork fat ground with fine plate
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons ground white pepper
1 Tbspn Paprika
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 teaspoon ground caraway seed
1/2 tsp. ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon of Cure #1
1 cup of NFDM
1 cup of water that all dry goodies were dissolved in for mixing

Richie

tropics · Apr 13, 2016

Poached

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Apr 13, 2016

A lot of fat came out finished with sauerkraut

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Apr 13, 2016

Money shot

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tropics
Apr 13, 2016

I have enough sausage to last a while Thanks for looking

Richie

disco · Apr 17, 2016

Looks terrific to me, Ritchie!

Points

Disco

chewmeister · Apr 18, 2016

Looks good, Richie. Ate a lot of brats growing up in Wisconsin.

tropics · Apr 18, 2016

Disco said:
Looks terrific to me, Ritchie!

Points

Disco

Disco thank you its all to easy making sausage being on here Thanks for the points

Richie

chewmeister said:
Looks good, Richie. Ate a lot of brats growing up in Wisconsin.

Jon as I said earlier I didn't like the J-vile brats,these are good I will be making more

Richie

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