Nepas Tennessee Dried Sausage Links

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I made these back in 2013 so its been a while but here is my recipe and some of the pics.
We were in the motorhome in N, Georgia at the time.

Making 5 lbs of Tennessee dried cold smoked sausage links.

NOTE: Using cure 2 so when finished you are safe to eat or put into a cooked dish. I think i got it all right.

Here are my dry items.

Top left
1 T dark brown sugar
1 T ground oregano combined with 4t black pepper
2 T ground sage


Top middle
5 t red pepper flakes
4 T smoked paprika

Top right
1 t CURE #2
2.5 T non iodized salt
5 t garlic powder

And 1/2 cup JD
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Add cure and salt, set aside.
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Mix the remaining dry item with the JD. Set aside.
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Grind the pork. If you have butcher store bought ground pork without any additives thats ok too.
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Now add the salt/cure mix and mix in good.

Now add the JD Mix.
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Mix good by hand or however you like to mix.
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I used hog casings into 2 links.
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I will skip all the cold smoking pics. Y'all know how to do that anyways.

The links i hung in my modifies pantry for 48 hours before cold smoking. It was winter at the time and the pantry was perfect.
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After the 48 hours and the cold smoking i hung in the fridge for 7 days.
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After 7 days of hanging in fridge.
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Slice and taste.
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Looks similar to the black jack sticks I made last year Rick. I used savory in place of the oregano, and yours look a little hotter with more pepper. Bet they were good!
 
I remember that Nepas guy, now there is some imposter posting his wonderful sausage recipes!
Al
 
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