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Basic Brat/Forcemeat for Bologna

Provided by Grocery Shopping Network

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  • Ready in: 1 hr., 39 mins
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Ingredients

  • 3 oz. salt
  • 2 tsp curing salt
  • 3 lb. fatback or jowl fat
  • 3 to 4 lb. ice
  • 1/2 oz. white pepper
  • 1/7 oz. caraway, ground
  • 1/2 oz. nutmeg
  • 1-1/2 oz. onion, diced and blanched
  • 1 oz. sugar
  • 3 lb. beef shank
  • 3 lb. pork butt
  • 3 lb. veal or turkey
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Cooking Instructions

Cut veal, pork, and beef in cubes. Add salt and curing salt. Place in refrigerator overnight. Next day, grind the beef, veal, and pork, using a medium plate. Grind fatback or jowl fat using a medium plate. Place meat in food processor. Run 30 seconds until sticky. Add ice slowly, a handful at a time. Add fat and combine. Add spices, onion, and sugar, and blend for 30 seconds.

Use mixture to fill beef middle casing, approximately 15 inches long. Let set in a cooler for two hours, to dry.

Cold smoke for 2 to 3 hours.

Blanch at 170F to an internal temperature of 150F. Shock in ice and remove water.

Wine Pairing(s)

Monchhof-Robert Eymael 'Slate' Riesling Spatlese

Carl Schmitt-Wagner Riesling Kabinett 'Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg'

Meulenhof Riesling Spätlese 'Wehlener Sonnenuhr'

Climbing Chardonnay

Dr. Fischer Riesling Spätlese Ockfener Bockstein

Reinhold Haart 'Ohligsberg' Riesling Auslese

Altoona Hills Chardonnay

Karthauserhof Riesling Kabinett 'Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg'

Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt Riesling

Bollig-Lehnert Riesling Spatlese 'Piesporter Goldtropfchen'

Nutritional Information per Serving

Calories From Fat 377  Protein 10  Total Fat 41  Calories 426  
Calcium 12  Sodium 664  Vitamin A 5  Cholesterol 55  

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