Path: swen.emba.uvm.edu!attmt1!attmt2!ip.att.net!news.esinet.net!uunet!in5.uu.net!news-nyc.telia.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!208.128.37.8!feeder.lobo.net!feeder.swcp.com!sloth.swcp.com!boofura.swcp.com!not-for-mail From: "Andy Hall" Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: German Farmhouse-Style Bratwurst Followup-To: rec.food.cooking Date: 12 Dec 1998 04:54:43 -0700 Organization: Customer of Planet Online Lines: 39 Sender: recipes@swcp.com Approved: phill@rt66.com Message-ID: <74qsh2$7a7$5@newsreader3.core.theplanet.net> Reply-To: "Andy Hall" NNTP-Posting-Host: boofura.swcp.com Xref: swen.emba.uvm.edu rec.food.recipes:30023 Title: German Farmhouse-Style Bratwurst 1 cup Fresh white bread crumbs 1/2 cup Milk 2 1/2 lb Lean veal, preferably Shoulder, chilled 2 1/2 lb Pork belly or fatty pork Butt, chilled 1 Tbsp plus 2 tsp salt 1 tsp Freshly ground white pepper 1 1/2 tsp Freshly ground nutmeg 8 Yards prepared casings, About 4 oz. 2 Tbsp melted salted butter In a small bowl, soak the bread crumbs in the milk. Grind the veal and pork belly together, first coarsely and then finely. Place the meat in a large bowl. Add the salt, nutmeg, white pepper and softened bread crumbs. Mix well with your hands until thoroughly blended. Working with about one-quarter of sausage filling at a time (cover the rest and refrigerate the remainder). Stuff the casings loosely with the sausage filling. Pinch and twist into 4 inch links. Refrigerate the first ones while doing the rest. To cook, prick the sausages all over to prevent the skins from bursting. Place as many sausages in a skillet as will fit in a single layer without crowding. Pour in about one-half inch of water, cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Pour off any liquid. Add butter to the pan and cook uncovered, turning, until the sausages are evenly browned. about 10 minutes. (This sausage not suitable for frying as patties.) Sausage Making Ingredients or Equipment available On-Line at http://members.tripod.com/~andy_hall/mall/spice.html ~~Rec.food.recipes is moderated; only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please read the FAQ posted on Mondays. Recipes/requests go to recipes@rt66.com; questions/comments to tfdpress@acpub.duke.edu. Please allow several days for your submission to appear.