Bratwursts
Course: Main DishesCuisine: GermanDifficulty: Medium
Servings
15
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
20
minutesCalories
311
kcalTotal Carbs
1
carbNet carbs
1
carbFat
19
gramsProtein
31
gramsThis recipe comes straight from the amazing cookbook, Homemade Sausage, by Chris Carter and James Peisker. Once you start making your own bratwursts, you’ll never buy from a store again.
Ingredients
5 lbs pork butt (2.27kg)
1.75 oz salt (50g)
.25 oz white pepper (7g)
.25 oz ground ginger (7g)
.25 oz nutmeg (7g)
2 large eggs, beaten
1 cup heavy whipping cream (236 mL)
2-3 hog casings (29-32mm diameter)
Directions
- Cut the pork into 1-1.5 inch cubes and then combine with all ingredients except the eggs and cream. Work the meat with your hands until all pieces are coated.
- Chill the meat in the freezer for 30 minutes, then grind through a medium die. Chill the ground pork again in the freezer for 30 minutes, then grind a second time.
- Add the eggs and cream to the ground pork and mix thoroughly with your hands (plastic gloves are recommended). The mixture should be completely emulsified and VERY sticky when you are finished.
- Place the mixture in a sausage stuffer and pack down to remove any air pockets, then stuff the sausage into the casings.
- Twist the sausages are roughly 6 inch intervals (see video for example), then poke each sausage 3-4 times.
- Refrigerate the sausages overnight, then snip them apart.
- Cook as you would normally cook a bratwurst (I boil in beer then grill).
Recipe Video
Notes
- Nutritional info is based on a serving size of one sausage.
- Also the bun in the first picture is not a keto bun (that’s my son’s plate). A keto bun is coming soon.
Hello Steve
– I’ve just discovered your YouTube channel yesterday, and have already watched all the video podcasts, all of the keto BBQ videos, all of the chaffle videos, the entire my transformation series, as well as few others. Suffice it to say, I enjoyed them all.
– While watching your videos I had noticed that you do not provide any macros for any of the recipes, and then I found your website. May I ask whether you have macros for all of your YouTube videos on you website, or just select few?
– Also, at the end of your Bratwursts video you show your son, and yourself enjoying them in buns. Was your bun keto-friendly? If yes, did you buy it, or made it yourself?
– Thank you
Macros should be on all of my recipes, though some of the older ones don’t have total carbs. I’ll get that fixed soon. The bun was a homemade keto bun. I’m not happy enough with the recipe yet to “go public” with it.
OMG Steve, this looks amazing. I had to have store bought brats for last night’s game. I already have the kitchen aid meat grinder…now I just need to figure out if I want to use their sausage stuffer or get a dedicated one. I would almost thing the control factor on the dedicated stuffer is worth the buy. Thanks for another great video!!
I just discovered your blog and videos while looking for hamburger buns. Your recipes look great. Now I want that bun! Summer is coming. Thanks for all your work.