Looking for a Johnsonville style brat seasoning.

[rbranstner]

Call me crazy but I love the flavor of Johnsonville brats. I have made my own venison/pork brats but the brat seasoning I used doesn't taste anything remotely close to what a Johnsonville style brat tastes like. Does anyone have a recipe or know of a mix I could order that would resemble the brat flavor I am looking for? I have some venison in the freezer that I need to us up this summer so I am going to make a few different kinds of sausage that I have been wanting to try.

 

[rbranstner]

I guess I should have done a little more searching before I made this post. Here is a pretty good thread.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/115766/johnsonville-brats

 

[diggingdogfarm]

This is a family member's recipe.......

"This is my recipe for a classic old-fashioned all-pork Wisconsin-style brat.
For a beer brat, just add a little beer to the mix.

This is a classic Wisconson bratwurst flavor profile.

Wisconsin-Wannabe Bratwurst

5 lbs. well-fatted pork shoulder/butt
3 Tbsp. kosher salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp. toasted and freshly ground coriander
1/4 tsp. ground celery seed
1/8 tsp. ground marjoram
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger

I use a fairly course grind, grinding just half the meat a second time with the same plate.
I replace part of the salt with Tiparos Thai fish sauce in all of my fresh sausage recipes. It adds "what's that?" umami savoriness.
I gently steam the sausages on low heat (165-170 F) until safe temperature is reached. "


~Martin

 

[scarbelly]

That sounds great Martin - thanks for sharing 

 

[diesel]

I have made several recipes and this has been my favorite so far:

Shooter ricks attitude brats, I only used on 1 tsp of cayenne.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/100076/shooterricks-attitude-brats-recipe-and-pics-on-the-grill

However, I have not tried the Wisconsin recipe on this thread.. but I do have it on my list now.

thanks!

 

[diggingdogfarm]

I think that you'll find that nutmeg/mace is the signature spice in most Wisconsin style brats.


~Martin

 

[rbranstner]

I have made several recipes and this has been my favorite so far:

Shooter ricks attitude brats, I only used on 1 tsp of cayenne.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/100076/shooterricks-attitude-brats-recipe-and-pics-on-the-grill

However, I have not tried the Wisconsin recipe on this thread.. but I do have it on my list now.

thanks!

I have the attitude brats saved in my recipes. I just came across it again today so I think I am going to make a 5lb batch of those.

 

[ginny]

digging dog farm recipe is awesome thanks and the nutmeg is great what a surprise..

 

[woodcutter]

You can throw the whole nut in the coffee grinder and make your own fresh nutmeg. Makes great brats.
 

 

[steve mcmanus]

Diggingdogfarm:  I was looking for a brat recipe.  Yours was the first I tried.  I'm not looking for a recipe any more.  It's that great.

 

[tom gallopavo]

I was looking for a Johnsonville brat copycat and came across this thread. I just got the Cabelas carnivore 0.75 #12 at the BP catalog return center in Springfield.”

We kill several deer a year and it’s getting close again so need to make room in the freezer. Followed exactly except 50:50 deer:pork butt and added half a bottle of porter.

We all agreed it was a Johnsonville brat. Fantastic recipe and our keeper.

But, could not taste the beer. What do you recommend? Bud?

 

[DanMcG]

Try first poaching your brats in beer, the toss them on the grill to brown them up.

 

[crazzycajun]

Don’t know how I missed this one.

 

[DETjake]

@diggindogfarm,

I created an account on this website JUST to tell you how spot-effing-on your recipe is. Did mine with 1/2 pork shoulder 1/2 antelope, and added high temp cheddar. Out of this world. Feels wrong that my first try tastes this good. Bravo sir, hell of a recipe!

 

[chef jimmyj]

Welcome and thanks for joining. Diggidogfarm has not been active for a couple years.Of course people may not be active and still follow their threads...JJ