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Offline africanmeat

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Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #-1 on: March 02, 2014, 08:05:31 AM »
Merguez (Spicy sausage)
It is time to do some Merguez . it is a north africa fresh sausage  . spicy sausage made of mutton or beef i did it with beef and fresh coriander .
this time i gave them a light  smoke .
some we did on the grill and served with flat bread and tahini .
some we did for breakfast fried with eggs.









On the Grill







For Breakfast





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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« on: March 02, 2014, 08:07:05 AM »
Man, that looks delicious!
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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2014, 08:21:37 AM »
Oh yes, those look fabulous.  My son & I love spicy sausages. What spices are typically in them?
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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2014, 08:41:20 AM »
Oh yes, those look fabulous.  My son & I love spicy sausages. What spices are typically in them?

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1 kg of meat
1 cup fresh coriander
1/2 cup sweet paprika
4 tbsp ground fennel seeds
4 tbsp  ground cumin
2 tbsp  ground coriander seeds
2 tbsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp  cayenne pepper
1 ½  tsp black pepper
6 tsp  harissa OR chili paste
(if you smoke it add cure #1)

harissa
•   12 to 15 dried red chili peppers (approx. 1 1/2 oz. or 100 g)
•   3 or 4 cloves garlic
•   1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
•   1 teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
•   1/2 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
•   1/2 teaspoon ground caraway seeds (optional)
•   2 to 3 teaspoons lemon juice
•   olive oil
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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2014, 09:07:39 AM »
The banana I am having for breakfast just doesn't cut it after seeing this post.  I need to check the freezer to see if I have anything similar to your breakfast picture.  Will be bookmarking this one for later.

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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2014, 09:39:48 AM »
What Art said!
The banana I am having for breakfast just doesn't cut it after seeing this post.  I need to check the freezer to see if I have anything similar to your breakfast picture.  Will be bookmarking this one for later.

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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2014, 09:43:02 AM »
Those sausages look fantastic!

Your killing me this morning with your great looking meals Ahron!!
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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2014, 09:45:08 AM »
Thanks for the recipe, I know what I'll be picking up at the store today.  ;)
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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2014, 10:11:43 AM »
Thanks for the recipe, I know what I'll be picking up at the store today.  ;)
OK..how much is a KG?   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2014, 10:14:53 AM »
Thanks for the recipe, I know what I'll be picking up at the store today.  ;)
OK..how much is a KG?   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Around 2.2 lbs 2.5 would work too


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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2014, 10:17:15 AM »
Beautiful sausage Ahron!!! Some great meals too!!! Don
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Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2014, 10:19:52 AM »
Awesome! Great looking sausage
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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2014, 10:32:40 AM »
Thank you Ahron, for the recipe!  I will be adding this (including the Harissa) to my Sausage calculator. ;)
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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2014, 10:38:56 AM »
OK..how much is a KG?   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

A Kilogram is just under 2 1/4 lbs.

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Re: Merguez (Spicy sausage) Time
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2014, 11:11:06 AM »
Oh yes, those look fabulous.  My son & I love spicy sausages. What spices are typically in them?

For
1 kg of meat
1 cup fresh coriander
1/2 cup sweet paprika
4 tbsp ground fennel seeds
4 tbsp  ground cumin
2 tbsp  ground coriander seeds
2 tbsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp  cayenne pepper
1 ½  tsp black pepper
6 tsp  harissa OR chili paste
(if you smoke it add cure #1)

harissa
•   12 to 15 dried red chili peppers (approx. 1 1/2 oz. or 100 g)
•   3 or 4 cloves garlic
•   1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
•   1 teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
•   1/2 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
•   1/2 teaspoon ground caraway seeds (optional)
•   2 to 3 teaspoons lemon juice
•   olive oil
Question:  do you have to toast then grind the seeds? enquiring minds.. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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