Hot Dogs!
Hot Dogs!
Once in a while something inside me starts calling out for a hot dog, composed of a fat tasty wiener, heated gently on a grill and then stuffed into a fresh bun and then dressed properly for the occasion. I had a bag of Class III (fatty with some connective tissue) pork trimmings in the freezer, and haven't used my Chinese bowl cutter for a while, so I decided to make some American style wieners. These of course differ from their European cousins in that they contain more spices and ingredients. And I even used some skim milk powder, something I don't add very often. Only made 3.5kg, but almost a whole days work. I also added a small amount of beef, semi froze everything, ground twice through the 3mm plate, and emulsified by adding 20% ice water. The emulsification went well with the temp of the ground meat starting at -2C and not ging over 7C when finished. Then smoked for 2 hrs at 65C and poached for 15 minutes.. Wieners turned out excellent and taste good even when they are cold. The worst part was the clean up and washing all the containers, equipment, sink and mopping the floor! Working with emulsified meat is messy and labour intensive.
Thanks for the complements guys! I am very pleased with how these wieners turned out.
Emulsification is the perfect union meat, fat and water to produce a light and juicy sausage such as a frankfurter, weisswurst , serdelki or mortadella. There is an excellent intro to emulsified sausages by Stan Marianski here: http://www.meatsandsausages.com/sausage ... ed-sausageRich wrote: Redzed, what defines emulsified meat ? see the term but don't quite understand it...
I was concerned about making withered wrinkly wieners and was very care about the heat and time in the smoker. Poaching temp was also important. There are small air bubbles in the wieners but it's almost impossible to produce an air free product without the use of a vacuum stuffer. I used 32mm hog casings which allows you to taste the sausage inside the bun. The hog casings also give you that snap when you bite into them. Hog casings are tougher and that is why traditionally sheep casings are used. Supermarket wieners are made in cellulose casings which are removed before cooking and eating.Bob K wrote:Those look plump, what dia casing did you use? Much better with beer that that grape juice!
As far as my Chinese bowl cutter, it's a heavy monster, looks good, but is under powered. It states that it has a 5l capacity, but there is no way I could process 5l at a time. This batch of wieners I made was around 7-8lbs and I emulsified it in three parts. I really could not recommend others buying it. Looks like your old Hobart does a pretty good job and if you are looking to replace it, try to find another newer good used Hobart or Scharfen chopper.
More pics of my cutter are here:
http://wedlinydomowe.pl/en/viewtopic.ph ... weisswurst
More pics of my cutter are here:
http://wedlinydomowe.pl/en/viewtopic.ph ... weisswurst
Fall is coming so I'm using up the last of my moose and deer trim, getting for fresh new kills. I have hot dogs on the "to make" list, along with several others. I use a wiberg spice mix, plus salt and cure.I'll post some pics when I get my buffalo chopper out in the next few weeks. Landjaeger for upcoming sheep hunts, garlic sausage, pepperoni, and Jalapeno cheese smokies are also on the "to make" list. Might do some Lyoner while the cutter is dirty too.
Excellent! I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures and recipes! Do you use other Wiberg spices? They have an outlet in Vancouver and I know some of the smaller producers around here use their products. I've been meaning to check it out the next time I'm on the mainland. They also have starter culture available and bring in a mould starter a couple of times a year.fatboyz wrote:Fall is coming so I'm using up the last of my moose and deer trim, getting for fresh new kills. I have hot dogs on the "to make" list, along with several others. I use a wiberg spice mix, plus salt and cure.I'll post some pics when I get my buffalo chopper out in the next few weeks. Landjaeger for upcoming sheep hunts, garlic sausage, pepperoni, and Jalapeno cheese smokies are also on the "to make" list. Might do some Lyoner while the cutter is dirty too.
Halfords in Edmonton carries Wiberg from the Vancouver outlet. I really like there product. I use hotdog, Munich Wiesswurst, Bologna, and Lyoner. I also use their cutter phosphate and GDL. I'm heading to Edmonton today to go To Halfords and get some Vacuum bags, starter cultures and some beef middles.
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