How To Make Bratwurst with Theo Peck

pork

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken

Turkey is leaner while chicken is often less expensive.

bratwurst sausages

🥗Healthier: chicken sausages

💰Cheaper: hot dogs

Chicken sausages are lower in fat, while hot dogs are often more affordable.

Get your meat ready by cutting pork shoulder and fatback into cubes.

Keep the meat cold to prevent it from breaking down during processing.

Soak the sausage casings in water to rinse them.

Prepare spices, using white pepper to avoid visible specks in the sausage.

Mix the spices with the meat and return it to the freezer to chill.

Grind the meat mixture, then add eggs and cream to emulsify it.

Stuff the sausage mixture into the casings, avoiding air pockets.

Tie off the ends of the casings after stuffing.

Prick the sausages with a sausage pricker to release air.

Poach the sausages in beer before grilling them.

Grill the sausages until browned and cooked through.

Serve the sausages with mustard and sauerkraut in hot dog buns.

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