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Venison Sausage

Every hunting season brings fresh elk and deer meat into our kitchen.  Then the real work begins; grinding, cutting and packing pound after pound of fresh, organic meat.
Over the years, I have played around with spices until I achieved just the right mix for our tastes.
These recipes work great for ground turkey as well!!!

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Venison Breakfast Sausage

(based on the Turkey sausage recipe from Nourishing Traditions)
10 Pounds of Meat (best if it’s 8 pounds venison, 2 pounds beef or pork fat).
2 ½ teaspoons each:
5 teaspoons each:
5 Tablespoons Sea Salt

Mix all ingredients together and freeze in appropriate portions for your family.  It will taste and keep best if you shape it into a log, then slice off rounds when it comes time to cook….something happens to the flavor when you take it out and mash it into other shapes.  I like to put my logs in plastic bread sacks to better protect the flavor in the freezer.  Then I wrap them in freezer paper.

***  Our local natural food store sells nitrate free bacon ends in 20# boxes.  I often use this as the fat portion in my mixes.

Spicy Italian Venison Sausage

10 Pounds Ground Venison
2 Pounds Beef or Pork Fat
3-4 Tablespoon garlic minced
4 1/2 Tablespoons Sea salt
7 Tablespoons fennel seeds
4 teaspoons cayenne pepper
3-4 Tablespoons red pepper flakes
7 Tablespoons black pepper
Same mixing instructions.

Morning Maple Venison Sausage

15 pounds ground venison (I suggest adding at least 10% fat)
2 Tablespoons thyme
1 Tablespoon marjoram
5 Tablespoons sea salt
6 Tablespoons sage
3 Tablespoons black pepper
1 ½ cup maple syrup (grade b is best)
1-3 Tablespoons maple extract (depending on your taste)

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