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dhar5668

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Dec 27, 2007
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I finally talked Santa into buying me a meat grinder/sausage maker for x-mass. I am looking for a good jalapeno sausage recipe. The hotter the better. If anyone has any suggestions please advise.
 
cayenne pepper will give you the degree of hotness that you want. Just experiment adding cayenne to your favorite recipe until smoke starts coming out of your ears.
 
Breakfast Sausage Recipe


PORK, boned ..........................................1 lb
SALT, pickling (non iodized)................. 1 tsp
PEPPER, ground ......................................1/4 tsp
SAGE, rubbed............................................ .1/2 tsp
GINGER............................................ .............1/8 tsp
NUTMEG............................................ ...........1/4 tsp
THYME............................................. ..............1/4 tsp
PAPRIKA........................................... .............1/4 tsp
WATER............................................. .............2 oz
Grind pork through a 3/16" plate.
Mix all other ingredients in bowl and then mix into ground meat.
Chill in freezer for 30 min.
Grind through 1/4" plate. If you just want bulk sausage, you can form into patties or just store in freezer bags, in freezer.
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Unless you plan on making a "fresh" style sausage <not smoked>that you freeze or cook immediatly, I'd suggest following Goat's post. Fresh veggies in a cured smoked sausage might not work too well.

Seems I HAVE seen dehydrated japs tho, somewhere...
 
Man, I wish I could take a taste test. Those sound like they will be incredible. I love the heat. As such, I grow, dehydrate and then grind peppers into a powder. Here's a picture of some Kung Pao's I did this past summer. I do Thai Dragons and Jalapenos (smoked, dehyd and then ground=chipotle).

Anyway, it would seem to me the way to get those done would be to use the powder. If you can at least get the dried peppers, you can grind them up in a coffee grinder.

Here's a place to start, www.savoryspiceshop.com.

Hope that helps and let me know how those turn out.

Here's a better link as it's kind of difficult to find the peppers: http://www.savoryspiceshop.com/spices/chiles.html
 
No kiddin... no moisture problems? But then again, with the smokies I make, I will leave them hang in a cool place a couple days before sealing/freezing... no problem there either?
 
That's it...POINTS! Great idea! dayumm..and here I add unflavored gelatin to bind if needed... crap.

BTW, the venison Polish is pretty good :{) Thanks for the help that AM!
 
Just wanted to thank all of you for our input. I will use the suggestions and report on my results. Thanks again.
 
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