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Grilled

Bratwurst

Jun 16, 22

Grilled Bratwurst

Cook Time: 1-1.5 hrs

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Description

This beginners sausage recipe for homemade bratwurst is perfect for grilling on a Weber Kettle. This all-pork bratwurst is also cheap, making it a great sausage for a crowd.

Ingredients

6 lbs pork butt, deboned and cubed
60g Kosher Salt
15g White Pepper
7g Ground Ginger
15g Granulated Garlic
10g Ground Mustard
3g Mace
5 Dried Thyme
10g Ground Coriander
10g Caraway Seeds
120g Milk Powder (for binder)
300g heavy cream
32mm hog casings
Onion
Butter
Miller Lite
Mustard
Sauerkraut
Hot dog buns

Instructions

Debone the pork butt and cut it into cubes that will fit into the meat grinder.
Place the cubed pork in the freezer for about an hour to chill out
While the meat chills. In a bowl, combine your Kosher salt, white pepper, ground ginger, granulated garlic, ground mustard, mace, dried thyme, ground coriander, caraway seeds, and milk powder. Mix and set aside.
Take the chilled pork from the freezer and pass it through the meat grinder using the coarse setting.
Transfer the ground pork to a meat mixer and let it mix for a little before adding the spice mixture. Then pour in the heavy cream. Mix the ingredients thoroughly, allowing the flavors to incorporate evenly. After a few minutes of mixing, reverse the direction of the meat mixer to ensure even distribution.
Load the bratwurst mixture into a sausage stuffer. I'm using 32mm hog casings to case the bratwursts, forming them into 5-6 inch links. Twist or tie off the ends of each link.
Let the cased bratwursts sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes to dry the casings making them easier to snip apart.
Once dried, snip the bratwursts apart.
Fire up the grill.
In a pan, sauté an onion with a little butter and caraway seeds. Add a some Miller Lite and place the bratwursts in the middle of the onion mixture and cook for about 10 minutes, turning occasionally.
Transfer the cooked bratwursts to the grill. At this point they are fully cooked, so we're just going for some nice coloring.
Once done plop them into a bun of choice with some mustard and sauerkraut and dive in!

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