Hello, just getting into making sausage and I can't find a straight answer on this. Let me explain my upcoming process.
I plan on grinding my mix, stuffing that mix right away, and putting the linked sausage in the fridge overnight so the casings tighten up, so then I can cut them into individual links without worrying about them coming untwisted and vacuum seal 4 links at a time.
My question is do I need to use cure for my method? I know the cure is commonly used in sausage that is cold smoked, but I will not be cold smoking these ever. My smoker only goes as low as 180 degrees anyways, so I will never cook these at Temps below 180. I will either cook a batch right away, or freeze them. Since these sausages are sitting in the fridge, raw and cased, over night only, is cure required? Thank you!
I plan on grinding my mix, stuffing that mix right away, and putting the linked sausage in the fridge overnight so the casings tighten up, so then I can cut them into individual links without worrying about them coming untwisted and vacuum seal 4 links at a time.
My question is do I need to use cure for my method? I know the cure is commonly used in sausage that is cold smoked, but I will not be cold smoking these ever. My smoker only goes as low as 180 degrees anyways, so I will never cook these at Temps below 180. I will either cook a batch right away, or freeze them. Since these sausages are sitting in the fridge, raw and cased, over night only, is cure required? Thank you!