Sausagemeat


Sausagemeat
Sausagemeat is a mixture of fatty pork (belly bacon here) with leaner meat, all minced and seasoned.

In this version I have used veal as the additional meat.
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Last modified on: October 3rd 2019
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For 600 g, you will need:
  • 1 belly (streaky) bacon 300 g belly (streaky) bacon
  • 2 veal 300 g veal
  • 3 salt 10 g salt
  • 4 pepper 1 g pepper
  • Total weight: 615 grams

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.

Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.
Sausagemeat : Stage 1
Cut 300 g belly (streaky) bacon* and 300 g veal into medium-sized chunks.

I advise you to use smoked bacon to give your sausagemeat a more distinctive flavour.

* See translator's note below.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.
Sausagemeat : Stage 2
Mince the meat chunks, using the coarse setting.

Stage 3
Sausagemeat : Stage 3
Salt and pepper the minced meat and mix thoroughly. Your sausagemeat is ready.

Note the quantity of salt used: 16 g per kilogram of meat. If you are not making the same amount as in this recipe, you can use this small calculator:
Meats : grams

Stage 4
Sausagemeat : Stage 4
Tip: you can also add a little Morteau sausage or other smoked sausage to the meat mixture (but remove the skin first). The smoked flavour will be more pronounced, but this is a matter of personal taste, of course.
Remarks
While sausagemeat is, in principal, a mixture of 2 kinds of meat, one fatty and one lean, this is only the basic idea. In France, every good "charcutier" (pork butcher) prepares his own, to a special recipe with his own meats and seasonings.

[Translator's note: French belly bacon ("lard" or "poitrine") is often sold unsliced as a large joint or diced. This is the equivalent of British "streaky" bacon, normally sold ready sliced. Back bacon - such a feature of the great British cooked breakfast - is just not a French thing. Cuts of meat, especially pork, are not always equivalent between the two cultures. I try to translate these on a case-by-case basis that doesn't always suit the website's (very clever) database, so please forgive any ambiguities and inconsistencies that might creep in as a result.].
Keeping: 1 or 2 day in the fridge, covered with plastic film. Freezes very well.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe80 RDI=30 %0210 RDI=30 %2,250 RDI=110 %9,430 RDI: 110 %
Per 100 g10 RDI=5 %030 RDI=5 %370 RDI=20 %1,540 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
How much will it cost?
  • For 600 g : 6.10 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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