Recipes for bear sausage?

[Workin Man]

Fall bear season is almost upon us in Ontario, August 15th in many parts of the province. Any good recipes for making Yogi into sausage?

 

[Big Guy]

Try this one. You can reduce the paprika , but I like a highly coloured sausage. Bear meat should have all the fat removed. The pork will supply enough fat in the sausage.

Italian Sausage

7.5 lbs. Pork butts
7.5 lbs. Bear meat
4 Tbs. Salt
11/2 Tbs. Sugar
11/2 Tbs. Ground Coriander
11/2 Tsp. Fennel Seed
3 Tsp. Black Pepper
11/2 Tsp. Ground Caraway
11/2 Quarts ice water
6 Tbs. Crushed Chile Pepper (optional) 3Tbs. for mild
3Tbs. Paprika
½ Tsp. Granulated Garlic
2 Cups skim milk powder

Grind meat through a coarse plate. Add ice water and spices, mix well. Refrigerate overnight to blend in the spices. Stuff in natural hog casings.

 

[Workin Man]

That sounds great, I like spicy food. Now I am just missing one minor ingredient (bear). LOL! Thanks Big Guy.

 

[mommabear]

Here is another one.. and if you like spicey you can always add crushed chili peppers

Ingredients

5 ft. medium hog casings,
4 lbs. bear meat, trimmed of all fat and cubed,
1 lb. pork fat cubed,
2 1/2 tsp. salt,
2 tsp. black pepper,
1 tsp. celery seed,
1/2 tsp. dried thyme leaves,
1/2 tsp. dried savory,
1/2 cup dry red wine


Directions

Prepare casings. Combine ingredients and grind through coarse disk. Grind through the fine disk, stuff casings and tie off into 3" links. Age in refrigerator for 2 days. can freeze as well

 

[savagefan]

Remember to use curing salt if the sausages will be smoked. The environment inside a smoker is perfect for Botulin propagation.