Summer Sausage

This garlicky summer sausage is easy to make in your oven! Add or omit spices as desired, then add the finished sausages to holiday gift baskets!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 8 hr
• Total Time: 8 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 123 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 5 pounds ground beef
• 5 teaspoons sugar-based curing mixture (such as Morton® Tender Quick®)
• 0.5 teaspoon hickory-flavored liquid smoke
• 0.25 cup mustard seed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix beef, mustard seed, garlic powder, curing mixture, pepper flakes, salt, cayenne, and liquid smoke together in a large bowl until well combined. Cover with plastic, and refrigerate for three days, mixing well once a day.

Step 2

On the fourth day, preheat the oven to 200 degrees F (100 degrees C). Line a sheet pan with a wire rack.

Step 3

Shape the mixture into five logs; place logs onto the wire rack.

Step 4

Transfer the rack and sheet pan into the preheated oven and bake for 8 hours. Remove from the oven and transfer sausages to paper towels to cool. Let cool completely, about 1 hour, then wrap logs individually in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before slicing.