Goose/Pork Fermented Pepperoni Sticks...

[indaswamp]

Hate typing on my phone, but it was easier to post pics. from my phone...that is why the pics. are in the second post...

 

[indaswamp]

Still on the snack stick train... this is the last batch with goose though. 25# total...35%goose/ 65% Pork (80/20). Total fat content of mix is around 16%.

I followed the Marianski recipe with a few tweeks:
dropped the dextrose to 0.33% from 0.4% because I'm fermenting while cold smoking @90*F and I added 108mL of red wine. (The wine will add some fermentable sugars and the higher fermentation temp. will give a lower pH drop.)
Dropped the anise to 0.1%
Added 0.2% caraway seed
I toasted the fennel, caraway, and anise seeds, then ran them through my spice grinder.
Added 2 cups NFDM powder

Stuffed in 19mm collagen casing.
Hung the sticks on racks over chairs for 3 hours, then loaded them into the smokehouse to ferment while cold smoking with hickory. Will warm smoke tomorrow morning after fermentation is finished...

 

[73saint]

Sho looks good!

I've got some 19mm sheep casings, would they work for this application?

 

[indaswamp]

Fermenting @ 90*F in my smokehouse while I roll cold smoke to them overnight...

 

[indaswamp]

Sho looks good!

I've got some 19mm sheep casings, would they work for this application?

Yes, but the sheeps are more delicate than the collagen....

 

[indaswamp]

Oh- I used flavor of italy starter culture....

 

[smokerjim]

looking good

 

[indaswamp]

Sho looks good!

I've got some 19mm sheep casings, would they work for this application?

Thanks 73saint!

looking good

Thanks smokerjim!

 

[indaswamp]

I took a bit of what was left in the stuffer and fried it in a pan. Seasoning is spot on, heat will increase a little once they dry and they should be perfect. Will check pH in the morning, then smoke once pH drops to around 5.0...

 

[pc farmer]

Nice Never heard of that culture.

 

[indaswamp]

Nice Never heard of that culture.

It's a new culture Adam. Came out mid-2019. It has bio-protective qualities from the bacteria which protects against listeria. And the sub-strain staphylococcus carnosis utilus will remain active producing flavor compounds down below pH5.0.

I have been using it and quite like it. Can be used as a fast fermenting culture, and at the moment is the fastest culture I have.

 

[indaswamp]

 

[pc farmer]

Sounds like the 007 culture.

 

[indaswamp]

I don't think 007 has the sub strain carnosis utilus

 

[pc farmer]

I don't think 007 has the sub strain carnosis utilus

Yeah. Not sure

 

[indaswamp]

But 007 does have bio-protective properties like flavor of Italy.....

 

[indaswamp]

Sticks hit pH5.07 @3am, just over 15 hours of fermentation @90*F. Now to smoke them 120-150*F until INT of 136*F for 2 minutes (per USDA regulations for cooked fermented semi dry products). Using Hickory and little bit of cherry.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Nice looking sticks I'm at a loss with the curing or fermenting all distant news to me.

Warren

 

[indaswamp]

Well, the sticks finished smoking around 8am this morning. Color is great, but may have had some creosote issues while cold smoking. I used some homemade hickory wood shaving dust in the Amazin tube...first time using this dust in the tube. Had creosote on the bottom of the water pan that was just above the smoke generator.

Sample piece, the spice was mild, slightly bitter (could be creosote). Could be smoke in general as italian pepperoni is not smoked so I may just not be use to that flavor profile in a pepperoni. We'll see how it goes as they dry...but all those hickory shavings are in the garden bed now.
Also-the color inside the sausage is not as deep and dark red in the pepperoni as it would be with a dry cured product. More than likely because the staphylococcus bacteria did not have enough time to do their work.

pH meter has an offset of +0.15....I was tired from a long night and did not recalibrate the unit prior to measurement of pH. pH was around 5 when finished smoking...

 

[indaswamp]

In the drying chamber....be done in 5-7 days...hopefully, before the Tropical depressions make landfall and the power goes out...