Homemade Delicious Smoked Sausage

July 2, 2017

Smoked sausage is one of my favorite summertime foods. It’s even better when it’s freshly made with my own hands. I know exactly what’s in it (no unpronounceable preservative ingredients), and I can tweak the recipe to make it exactly fit my taste buds. If you make your own sausage, you might be interested in trying out my favorite smoked sausage recipe.

Ingredients:

32mm Collagen Edible Casings
3 Pounds Pork Shoulder
2 Pounds Beef Fat Trimmings

*Note: I save trimmings from steaks and brisket to mix with the pork shoulder for making sausage, but you can substitute 2 pounds of beef, or just use 5 pounds of pork shoulder.

1 Tablespoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Mustard Seed
1 Tablespoon Ground Mustard
1 Tablespoon Ground Pepper
1 Tablespoon Curing Salt
1 Teaspoon Majoram
½ bulb garlic (10-12 cloves) minced

Step 1 : Preparing The Sausage Mixture

Cut the meat into 1×1 inch cubes and place in a large non-reactive bowl.
Mix all dry ingredients, and mix with 8 ounces of water
Pour water/dry ingredient mixture into the meat cubes and let sit for several hours in refrigerator

Step 2 : Grinding And Stuffing The Sausage

Using a meat grinder, grind the meat using a coarse grinding blade
Stuff the sausage mixture into the 32mm collagen edible casings
Let sit overnight in refrigerator

Step 3 : Smoking The Sausage

Preheat your smoker to 225 to 250 degrees
Put sausage links into smoker
Smoke using your favorite wood (I prefer a hickory/mesquite mix) until the internal temperature of the sausage reaches 165 degrees

Step 4 : Serving The Sausage

Uses for homemade smoked sausage is limited only by your imagination. Some of my favorite uses are:

Appetizers : Cut the sausage into small pieces and serve with toothpicks
Shrimp Boil : Homemade sausage an ingredient for a shrimp boil is a great way to share what you’ve made with all your friends and family

Many seasoned backyard BBQers are intimidated by making their own sausage, but like any other skill, it becomes easier every time you do it. One of the hardest things of making your own sausage is finding a great recipe. This tried and tested recipe is sure to tickle the taste buds of you and your friends and family all summer long!

How about you, Clever Friends, have you ever made your own sausage? How did it turn out?

Brock Kernin

Brock is a software engineer by day and personal finance blogger at night. He is a fitness junkie and enjoys grilling and smoking meat. Married with two children, Brock strives to improve his skills as a husband and father, and is always on the lookout to stretch his family’s budget as far as he can.