Andouille - 1

Recipe Ingredients

5 lbs	2270g / 80oz	Pork butt - cut into 2-inch chunks
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cracked black pepper
2 teaspoons	10ml	Cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons	45ml	Paprika
2 tablespoons	30ml	Kosher salt
2 tablespoons	30ml	Garlic - minced
1 teaspoon	5ml	Red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Mace - ground
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Thyme - dried, ground
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar
1/2 cup	118ml	Cold water
6		Feet wide hog casings

Recipe Instructions

Mix the garlic, salt, spices and sugar in a small bowl. Separate meat and fat into two bowls and rub each thoroughly with the spice mixture. Cover and let sit overnight in refrigerator.

Grind the fat in the meat grinder fitted with a 1/4 inch plate. Grind the lean meat using the 3/8 inch plate. Mix the meat in a bowl, add the cold water and knead until water is absorbed and the spices are well blended. Stuff the mixture into wide hog casings.

Dry sausages in a cool place for 2 hours and hot smoke. Ready to eat after hot smoking.

If cold smoking, you must add 1 teaspoon of commercial curing salts to the spice mixture. Cold smoked sausages must be cooked before eating.

Source:
Bruce Aidells - Hot Links and Country Flavors

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