Homemade Beef Summer Sausage Recipes

HOMEMADE BEEF SUMMER SAUSAGE RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix 4 pounds of ground beef with Morten's Tender Quick Home Meat Cure. Cover and refrigerate overnight. If you don't have one, set a cooling rack in a baking sheet.
• Add garlic salt, cracked black pepper, and liquid smoke. Mix together until combined.
• Divide the meat mixture into four equal parts. Shape meat into four sticks, or logs.
• Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil for easier cleanup. Set sausages on a roasting pan with a wire rack.
• Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Bake sausage for 4 hours.
• Remove from the oven and cool. Refrigerate summer sausage for up to three weeks, or freeze for up to three months.
• Slice and serve with sliced cheese and crackers.

BEEF SUMMER SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the beef, meat tenderizer, cayenne pepper, ground black pepper, garlic powder, brown sugar, mustard powder and peppercorns and mix well. Pour the liquid smoke over the mixture, but do not mix. Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 150 degrees F (65 degrees C).
• Remove the beef mixture from refrigerator and mix well. Roll into 1 1/2x9 inch logs and place in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bake at 150 degrees F (65 degrees C) for 4 hours. Remove from oven and let cool.

SUMMER SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix beef, curing mixture, mustard seed, garlic powder, cayenne, red pepper flakes, salt, and liquid smoke. Cover with plastic, and refrigerate for three days, mixing well once a day.
• On the fourth day, preheat oven to 200 degrees F (100 degrees C).
• Shape the mixture into five logs, and place on a wire rack over a large drip pan. Bake for eight hours, then remove to cool on paper towels. Let cool, then wrap logs individually in plastic wrap. Chill completely before slicing. They also freeze well.

BEEF SUMMER SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and form into rolls 2 inches in diameter, about 4 rolls.
• Wrap each roll in aluminum foil and refrigerate 24 hours.
• Place foil wrapped rolls in water.
• Cover and simmer 1 hour or bake on a rack in oven for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
• When cool, open the foil and drain.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• May be frozen either before or after cooking.
• Great to serve as an appetizer on crackers with a soft cheese.

BEEF SUMMER SAUSAGE

Steps:

• 1st day mix thorougly and refrigerate covered.
• 2nd day knead like bread cover and refrigerate.
• 3rd day repeat 2nd day instructions.
• 4th day form into 5 rolls about 1 1/2 inch thick.
• put on broiler pan and bake at 175 degrees for 4 hours turning once every hour until end of cooking time.
• drain on rack.