Smoked Garlic Cheese Sausage Recipe

An excellent recipe for a unique sausage you and your family will love! The smoky garlic and cheese flavors combine to really make your mouth water.

Homemade Garlic Cheese Sausage Ingredients:

• 15-lbs ground pork, fine grind
• 1 1/2-lbs of crumbled old cheddar cheese -- or our own high-temperature cheese (scroll down to see links)
• 2-tbsp salt
• 1 1/2-tbsp Morton's Tenderquick
• 2-tbsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2-tbsp ground caraway
• 1 1/2-tbsp ground coriander
• 1 1/2-tbsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2-tbsp mace
• 4-cups ice water
• 1-cup skim milk powder

Homemade Garlic Cheese Sausage Instructions

• Hand-trim fat from the outside of meat to your desired fat preference.
• Grind the meat with a fine grinding plate.
• Mix together all the dry ingredients to ice water.
• Add the sausage seasonings to the meat and blend by hand or use a meat mixer. Be sure to mix thoroughly to ensure the ingredients are spread evenly throughout the meat.
• Add crumbled cheese and mix gently.
• Stuff by hand or by using a sausage stuffer or sausage stuffing attachment for an electric meat-grinder. (Note: do NOT use the blade in meat-grinder when stuffing and it is best to use a stuffing (bean) plate).
• Place in refrigerator overnight.
• Smoke using sugar maple wood for about 6 hrs at 150-180 F until the internal temperature reaches 142 F.
• Quench in ice water and let hang at room temp for an hour.
• Vacuum pack and freeze.