Love the idea of making pepperoni from your venison but lack the curing chamber and the patience to wait six weeks or more for it to cure.
Venison pepperoni sticks recipe.
2 tsp paprika 2 tsp white sugar 5 tsp tender quick casings if you will be smoking the venison pepperoni do not use the liquid smoke.
Continue until desired dryness or dehydrate further for slim jim like dryness.
By dave campbell thursday december 5 2019.
Since i grind a lot of my venison in a 70 30 blend with pork or beef fat the ratios are already correct for most snack stick mixes.
Trouble is you don t always have the time to start a fire and cook up something.
The meat can be warmed and eaten as is or used in stews chili or hot dishes or in sandwiches.
First i get all my meat very cold by putting it in the freezer for 45 minutes.
The first time i made a batch of smoked venison pepperoni my hunting buddies were so impressed that i decided to make the recipe a permanent part of my venison sausage making arsenal.
Meat based snack sticks are available at the store but they can be a bit pricey.
This recipe calls for curing salts.
Make easy and quick meals with canned venison in stews soups sandwiches or just heat and serve with rice potatoes or noodles and vegetable.
Like all smoked sausages it is critical to keep the meat cold or the fat can separate and ruin the texture.
5 pounds of burger or venison 85 15 venison can also be used just add 10 15 beef or pork fat to the venison.
Good but if you are going for the traditional taste i recommend adding some pork.
I simply have to thaw the appropriate number of packages for the mix i am using blend in the seasoning and cure mix then use the weston sausage stuffer or jerky gun to stuff the meat into 21mm casings.
Homemade venison pepperoni 5 lbs freshly ground venison 1 tbs liquid smoke 5 tsp freshly ground black pepper 5 tsp mustard seed 4 tsp crushed fennel 1 tbs crushed red pepper 1 tbs garlic powder.
Pepperoni comes in many varieties and sizes but i find that this smoked version seems to be at its best for my tastes at least when i stuff it into 1 1 4 inch.
This is my go to recipe for snack sticks.
Snack sticks are the perfect solution.
This quick and easy method only takes a couple of days and most of that is passive resting in the refrigerator.
Stop at 152 f internal temperature for fresh snack stick style.
Pepperoni is a cooked product.
When i attempt this with venison i ll update this page.
Use the scaling feature to scale this recipe to the number of pounds of venison you have to can.
The end result was pepperoni that had a very hamburgery taste.
Before using venison or other game meat i decided to test the process with two pounds of ground beef.
Place the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix.
Jerky sticks are done similarly except that you can use a wetter mix eases extrusion and dehydrate in the process.
Learn how to make venison pepperoni snack sticks.