Andouille Sausage
- 10 pounds pork shoulder boneless
- 3 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoon sweet red bell peppers cracked
- 2 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoon garlic ground
- 2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 cup paprika
- 1/2 ounce cure , (morton tender quick is ok)
- 2 cups milk, skim, (non fat) powder (not quick dissolving) or soy pro
- 1 quart water
- Cut meat into small pieces and mix with the dry milk or soy powder both are tasteless and their primary purpose is to keep the sausage juicy.
- Place the rest of the spices in a container and add 1 quart of cold water, mix well, pour over meat and really mix thoroughly.
- Put through a grinder with 1/2 inch holes in the grinder plate in combination with a sausage stuffer tube.
- Use small intestine casings and make the individual sausages about 10 inches long either by twisting or tying the 10 inch lengths .
- Hang on a rack and dry about 1 hour.
- Hang in smoker, gradually bring temperature to between 160F and 180F degrees.
- Smoking may require 6 or 8 hours be patient apply heavy smoke until internal temperature of sausage is 152F degrees.
- Remove and place in ice water until temp drops to 110F degrees.
- Hang sausage at room temp for about 1 hour until a nice bloom develops (colour) cool over night in the frigerator before eating.
- Note: do not allow smoker to get over 180F degrees since you are not cooking, you are smoking.
- I keep these sausages in our deep freeze all the time
pork shoulder, salt, sweet red bell peppers, cayenne pepper, garlic, onion powder, paprika, milk, water
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/andouille-sausage-35562 (may not work)