Ok folks I went back to the Mad Scientist mode again. A friend of mine was moving and she said I have a frozen turkey. If I give it to you can you do something special with it? Yeah I can smoke it for you. No Something special! Yeah I can come up with something. As the Turkey was thawing I got to thinking that she likes spicy foods. I will make her some turkey sausage. Then my brain engaged. Here's my chance to make a nice spicy seasoned sausage. I will make some Andouille! It went something like this.
The turkey
All boned out ended up with 8 pounds of turkey meat. I left the skin and everything on there for the fat content
After a couple hours in the freezer to partially freeze. I ground the turkey and added 2 pounds of fresh ground pork
Then came the spices
1/2 c Paprika
1/4 c Fresh cracked Blk Pepper
8 Tbs Kosher Salt
2 Tbs Thyme
2 Tbs Granulated Garlic
2 tsp Crushed Red Pepper
4 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1/2 teas Allspice
1 tsp Ground Clove
2 tsp Ground Mustard
2 tsp Cure #1
2/3 c Minced onion
4 Bulbs of Garlic
4.5 oz jar of Minced Garlic
16 oz Ice water
Mix all that together with the meat
Load the casings that have been soaking
Stuff at different lengths
After a night in the fridge. Load sausages into the Bradley and follow thw 130 140 150 160 170 deal until an IT of 158 is reached. Then hang to bloom and come to room temp.
Everything is now vac sealed and waiting for a gumbo. shrimp/crab boil, chili, or maybe even a spaghetti sauce in the near future!!
Thanks for looking and hopefully you will give it a try!!
