How to Use a Meat Grinder to Make Home Sasauge?

Answer 1

Sausage comes in different sizes and flavors and plays an important part during breakfast, lunch and dinner. Ever wonder how your favorite sausage was made? It is simple, really, but first you need to have a meat grinder to do this. Here are some steps to make sausages from your meat grinder.

• Select meat, preferably pork, that is devoid of bones or cartilages as these might get stuck in your meat grinder. This might ruin the blade of the grinder.

• Turn on the meat grinder and pass the meat to it. Continue the process until the meat has been finely ground. You need to be careful while undergoing this process, as the blades in the meat grinder are very sharp.

• Combine the ground meat with sage, thyme, ginger, nutmeg, white pepper and cayenne pepper or any herb and spices that you prefer. Pass the mixture to the meat grinder to also finely chop the ingredients.

• Load your mixed meat to a sausage stuffer, and slide in your collagen casing to the sausage stuffer. Stuff the casing according to your desired length and twist the end three or four times before you start another sausage. Continue doing this process until the entire casing has turned into sausage links. The problem with this procedure is that it might be hard for a neophyte, but with practice, you will get the hang of it.

• Refrigerate the breakfast sausage links for a week or freeze them for up to six months.

• Whenever you are ready to eat it, you can actually bake, fry, grill or broil the breakfast sausage links until they are fully cooked.

Sausages are great treats that kids and adults will like. So if you think that sausages are hard to make, then think again. Just follow the simple and easy steps above and you will be on your way to creating sausages that suit your taste.

Answer 2

You can make a lot of food with your meat grinder other than Hamburgers, including homemade sausage. If you do not have your own grinder, some butchers will sell unseasoned ground pork, usually 20-35% fat, ground with the same plate as hamburger. Your butcher may be willing to coarse-grind pork for you, but might require you to order a minimum of 10 pounds or so. Step 1:

Buy pork shoulder roast or any other boneless pork, because they are easy to grind. To prevent the sausage from drying out when cooked, use meat with some fat.

Use Fresh spices. When using your grinder to make sausage, always have use coarse salt to grind your meat.

Use your meat grinder with the funnel attachment, following the manufacturer's instructions carefully.

Use a coarse plate. This allows the mix to move through the grinder easily and will make for a better end product.

Use natural hog or sheep casing for stuffing your sausages. For tubed casing, make certain that they are straight stuffing tubes at least eight inches long.

Make certain that the sausage mix is chilled before you use your grinder to stuff the casing. Otherwise, the grinder's feed screw will not push the meat into the casing properly.

If it you are a first-timer using your meat grinder to create homemade sausage, be patient. It will take time for you to master using the grinder to get the taste and consistency of the sausage you like.

Answer 3

At some point in time, there is a chance that you will need to grind some meat. Instead of taking the long route and grinding it yourself, you can employ an electric meat grinder to do the task.

First, you will need to have access to an electric meat grinder. If you already have one available, make sure that all of the working parts are sanitized. This will prevent the transfer of bacteria which may cause illness if the meat not prepared properly after grinding of the meat.

Next, you will need a suitable piece of meat that will be ground. If you are using beef, make sure to remove as much fat before the grinding process. This will reduce the amount of calories and cholesterol in the final ground beef. Other meats may require the removal of fats as well.

Following preparation of the meat, you will need to place it into the electric meat grinder and resolve the settings required for the consistency of the ground. Make sure you prepare a container or surface where you will want the meat to collect. You will then close the safety door (if available on your model) and start the grinding process.

Once process is complete and you are done with the grinding, make sure to sanitize the machine before placing new meat in to grind. This helps to prevent cross contamination of the meat through the equipment. If you are done using the meat grinder make sure to unplug and safely store the machine.

Tips for Choosing Meat:

Always choose the highest quality of meats before using your electric meat grinder. Although you can use lower quality meats that may have bone and other materials, it can cause damages to the blades and grinding parts of the electric meat grinder. Choosing the higher meats will also provide a better tasting ground. If you want to infuse the meat with spices during the grinding process, cut the meat up into smaller cubes and season to your liking before running the electric meat grinder.