January 22, 2011

Back from Costco's about 12 pounds of pork shoulder, it's sausage time.
My first batch was Mexican Chorizo. I looked on the web for recipes and found one at Homemade Chorizo Sausage by Patrice Knezevic. I followed the recipe but my gut told me to reduce the salt but I ignored it. I should know better by now. The sausage turned out to be too salty. Not bad enough to ruin it but, when I use the sausage, I will have to reduce the added salt. I also ground it twice, first using the coarse plate and then the fine one. I rolled it into 1/2 pound packages and froze them.
I also cut up enough to make Alton Brown's Breakfast sausage but that I will make tomorrow.
I bought a chuck roast at Hummer's on Friday as Tina want's beef stew for Sunday.
I decided to create my own recipe for this. I made it today since stew is usually better made the day before.
Here is the recipe I used I will post corrections or additions if needed
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Beef Stew - Roasted Red Papper

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Serving Size: 4
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-= Ingredients =-
3 pounds Chuck ; cut into 1" cubes
2 meduim Onions ; diced
2 stalks Celery ; diced
4 cloves Garlic ; minced
5 sprigs Parsley ; torn into pieces.
1/2 cup Roasted red peppers ; diced
2 medium Tomatoes ; seeded & diced
1 teaspoon Harissa Paste
1/2 teaspoon Pepper
1 teaspoon Salt
2 each Bay Leaves
32 ounces Beef stock
8 ounces Carrots ; cut into 1" chunks
1 pound Potatoes ; cut into 1" cubes
1/2 pound Frozen peas

-= Instructions =-
Brown beef in batches in oil. I rendered the fat of the chuck but you could use olive oil or bacon fat.
Remove and keep warm
Saute onions & celery until just tender. Add the garlic, red pepper and parsley and cook for another minute or two.
Stir in 1/4 cup wondra flour and stir for a couple of minutes, adding more oil if needed.
Add the stock and bring to a simmer. Add the Harssa and tomatoes.
Put in a crockpot and cook on low for a couple of hours.
Add the remaining vegetables and cook for another hour or so.
Add the peas about 10 minutes before it's time to serve.



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After eating the stew on Sunday, you could probably double the salt to 2 teaspoons.
Made Cheddar Biscuits to round out the meal.