Big Beef, All depends on your base brat recipe. IMO japs and cheddar or even plain ol American cheese go really well with a simple combo of black pepper, garlic, and marjoram.
One of our best sellers here was always the cheese and jalapeno snack stick made from venison or beef. 9 lbs of the proper meat/ fat ratio, and one pound of cheese to make a 10 pound mix. Just light of one ounce of japs per per pound. Heavy hickory smoke. Stuff in a 21mm casing. Customers went crazy over this one, had to keep raising the price to beat em back!
one of the new kinds i ordered in is leeks and peppers, and tomatto and mozza..........i thought that leek one was a little weired...i gotta buy some and give them a try
big beef i would like to see you have your own message board for those recipes, I think cowboy should make you one and let you past these on to the ones that need them, if that would be ok with you
I've made jalapeno and cheddar brats off and on for about 10 years. They're very tasty but have never really caught on in my region. I'm more interested in a blueberry, maple and honey based pork sausage. Works well as a breakfast sausage and pasta sausage.
I have done Cherry and Blueberry Brats that sold pretty good too Maple breakfast sausage is awesome I will have to dig out all my recipes I can see last count I had 421 of them
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Joe Parajecki
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Kettle Range Meat Company, Milwaukee WI
Member Meat Cutter Hall of Fame and The Butcher's Guild
