Meats and Sausages
Blood Sausage with Jowls
Blood Sausage with Jowls is a traditional American blood sausage.
| Materials | Metric | US |
|---|---|---|
| Jowls | 200 g | 0.44 lb |
| Hearts | 150 g | 0.33 lb |
| Skins | 150 g | 0.33 lb |
| Back fat | 200 g | 0.44 lb |
| Blood | 250 ml | 8 oz fl |
| Potato flour | 50 g | 0.11 lb |
Ingredients per 1000g (1 kg) of materials
| Salt | 18 g | 3 tsp |
| Pepper | 2.0 g | 1 tsp |
| Marjoram | 2.0 g | 1 tsp |
| Allspice | 1.0 g | 1/2 tsp |
| Cinnamon | 0.5 g | 1/4 tsp |
Instructions
- Cook in a small amount of water:
- skins at 95° C (203° F) until soft (don’t overcook); jowls and hearts at 80-85° C (176-185° F) until done. Save meat stock.
- Grind the skins with 1/8” (3 mm) plate. You can emulsify ground skins in food processor adding a small amount of meat stock.
- Cut up hearts and jowls by hand into 3/4” (20 mm) pieces.
- Scald the pork back fat by pouring boiling water over it for a few minutes. Then cut it into 1/4” (6 mm) cubes by hand.
- Mix all meats with spices, flour and the blood.
- Stuff loosely into beef bungs, beef middles, beef rounds or large synthetic casings.
- Cook in water at at 80° C (176° F) for about 60-90 min until sausages reach 68-70° C (154-158° F) internal temperature.
- Cool in cold water until thoroughly cooled.
- Place in refrigerator and allow it to remain there 12 hours before cutting.
- Note: for better appearance and stronger red color it is recommended to cure hearts and jowls before processing:
- Immerse hearts and jowls for 7 days in 16° Bé (60° SAL) cure solution. 16° Bé (60° SAL) cure solution is made by mixing 1.32 lb (598 g) salt, 4.2 oz (120 g) cure #1 and one gallon of water. Use 1/2 part (by weight) of meat to 1 part curing solution: 100 g of meat to 200 g (200 ml) curing solution.
Notes
If hearts and jowls are cured decrease the amount of salt in the recipe to 12 g (2 tsp).
