Deer/Elk Breakfast Sausage

[dlee56]

Does anyone have good recipes for deer/elk breakfast sausage? I'm a rookie sausage maker but I'm hoping I can stop buying the pork breakfast sausages from the store and make some with some of my leftover meat from last year.

 

[6mm Remington]

Hi Country out of Lincoln Montana makes some FANTASTIC mixes for jerky, sausage, etc!

Italian Breakfast sausage is great!

Wild Game Breakfast Sausage Spice Box - Italian Blend

Italian Blend Breakfast Sausage Seasoning Kit is offered by Hi Country Snack Foods. Now direct to your door for the wild game hunters. Makes about 12 lbs of sausages.

hicountry.com

Country blend is OH MY good!

Wild Game Breakfast Sausage Spice Box - Country Blend

Country Blend Breakfast Sausage Seasoning Kit is offered by Hi Country Snack Foods. Now direct to your door for the wild game hunters. Makes about 12 lbs of sausages.

hicountry.com

In making deer, elk, antelope sausage, I like to use cheap fatty pork shoulder roasts as my fat mix with the wild game. After I grind the meat twice I then mix in the sausage mix in a two gallon (clean - meat only) plastic bucket or tub by hand and mix it really well, then I run it through the grinder one more time after I've mixed it by hand. I then cover the meat and let it sit in the fridge for about 12-24 hours before I package it up into roughly pound packages.

 

[Cahunter805]

Breakfast Sausage Seasoning No. 117 - PS Seasoning

Enjoy breakfast with our traditional Breakfast Sausage Seasoning. Make mild-flavored breakfast sausages or patties with this mix of salt and spices. No MSG.

www.psseasoning.com

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Not technically sausage but I absolutely love venison, elk, and wild hog Chorizo. I use the Reo seasonings and cut it with commercial pork fat trim about 20% depending on how fatty the animal is to give it a good chorizo grease.

 

[c670809]

I've never tried this with anything but pork. Here is my go-to for pork breakfast sausage. I've made a lot of versions on the net and ended up modifying several to come up with this.

1 lb pork
1 ts salt (if kosher use 2 ts)
½ ts cayenne pepper
½ ts black pepper
½ ts sage
¼ ts thyme
1/8 ts rosemary (ground)
¼ ts coriander
½ ts marjoram
Optional but it makes a difference: ¼ ts MSG

 

[Jethro]

Here is one I got from a guy on Bowsite a few years ago. My family really likes it. I only add 1/2 the salt it calls for.



8 lbs game meat

2 lbs pork fat

5 tbsp kosher salt

1 tbsp white pepper

2 tbsp sage

1 tbsp garlic

1 tsp ginger

1 tbsp mace

1 tbsp ground thyme

1 tbsp paprika

Grind the meat and fat on course grind, then mix up the spices in a 2 cups of ice water and add to the meat. Mix well with your hands or meat mixer, then run through the course grind a second time.

 

[30338]

Sausage Season by Eileen Clarke has been really helpful for us. She deep dives into the entire wild game sausage making process and has a lot of very good recipes in it.

 

[OneGunTex]

lets-make-sausage.com is a great resource, with both venison-specific recipes and lots of others that can be adapted for venison. (IMHO venison can mimic both a pork sausage, with pork fat added, or a beef/lamb sausage with beef fat added)

The key ingredient in making "breakfast sausage" taste like "breakfast sausage" is Sage.

Here's his recipe, a good one and simple:

Grandpa's Venison Breakfast Sausage Recipe

This is an old fashioned venison breakfast sausage made with sag

www.lets-make-sausage.com

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[RS3579]

Con Yeager spice company near Pittsburgh is what I use. Maple is our favorite. They have several flavors and package sizes. We do a 80/20 venison/pork mix. https://www.conyeagerspice.com/sausage-maple-pork/

 

[S.Clancy]

Breakfast Sausage

Get Breakfast Sausage Recipe from Food Network

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Thats the best one I have found. We make 50-60 lbs every year. I do 10-15% fat, by weight, cause I like sausage leaner.