Venison Bacon
Jul 2, 2014 20:15:15 GMT -5
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Post by michaeladkins on Jul 2, 2014 20:15:15 GMT -5
If you have no tried venison bacon, you are missing out. A buddy made a batch for me a couple years back and it was fantastic. So I thought I would try it last year. It was great too. It was so good, I gave most of it away. Anyway, I smoke a batch yesterday and sliced it up tonight. I wanted to share with you a few pictures and where I got the ingredients.
Here is the flavoring and cure.
curleyssausagekitchen.com/Venison-Bacon-25.html
So I make a 10 pound batch which requires 50% ground venison and 50% ground pork butt. Once you grind it up, you have to mix the cure and flavor in.
After that you put some parchment paper in a pan and let it sit for 24 hours to cure.
Once it cure for 24 hours you will smoke it until it reaches a temperature of 150. Mine never makes it to 150, so I smoke it for 14 hours then finish it off in the oven.
This is what it will look like after it is smoked.
After that, slice it and fry it. ;-)
Or you can do like my wife does and make a little quiche.
The texture is more like ham than bacon, but the flavor is spot on. The last time I smoked the bacon I used apple wood chips. This time I went with Jack Daniels. It smells great, I'm sure it will taste great too.
Mike
Here is the flavoring and cure.
curleyssausagekitchen.com/Venison-Bacon-25.html
So I make a 10 pound batch which requires 50% ground venison and 50% ground pork butt. Once you grind it up, you have to mix the cure and flavor in.
After that you put some parchment paper in a pan and let it sit for 24 hours to cure.
Once it cure for 24 hours you will smoke it until it reaches a temperature of 150. Mine never makes it to 150, so I smoke it for 14 hours then finish it off in the oven.
This is what it will look like after it is smoked.
After that, slice it and fry it. ;-)
Or you can do like my wife does and make a little quiche.
The texture is more like ham than bacon, but the flavor is spot on. The last time I smoked the bacon I used apple wood chips. This time I went with Jack Daniels. It smells great, I'm sure it will taste great too.
Mike
