Recipe - Hill Country Sausage

4 pound Pork butt with fat
2 pound Beef chuck or roiund with
fat
1 lg Onion, minced
6 Cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoon Minced fresh sage (or 1 if
dried)
1 tablespoon Salt
1 tablespoon Fresh ground black pepper
1 tablespoon Crushed red chiles (up to 2)
1 teaspoon Cayenne
4 Yards hog casings

I found a recipe for Texas hill country sausage. It was in Smoke and Spice.
This has pork/beef at 2:1. I remember hearing 85% beef at Kreutz'. It looks
good anyway. I'll try it.

Coarse grind the meat. Mix in seasonings. Refrigerate over night. Prepare
casings. Stuff to 1" thick, 5" long and tie off. They can be frozen or
refrigerated at this time

To smoke: rub sausages with oil. Don't over do it or they get messy and
then turn to mush. Smoke at 225 for two hours with oak or mesquite until
the skin looks ready to pop.
Posted to bbqdigest V4 #2

Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 06:24:08 0500

From: Kit Anderson kit@maine.com