Moose Bologna Recipes

HOMEMADE DEER (VENISON) BOLOGNA

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Except the water, leave this to cover the mixture.
• Cover with 1 cup of water.
• Put bowl in refrigerator for 24 hours.
• It may get a brownish look to it but its ok.
• Form into 2 rolls.
• Preheat oven and bake at 350.
• Bake on cake rack or cookie sheet so grease will drop off while baking.
• Dont cover wihile Baking.
• Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Take out of oven and let cool.
• They will look like little meatloafs but when they are cool they will cut just like bologna.
• Instead of forming them with your hands into rolls you can put them into sausage casings. Then bake as directed.

OLD-FASHIONED HOMEMADE BOLOGNA

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor or stand mixer, combine all of the ingredients until smooth. Transfer the bowl to the freezer for 10 minutes before proceeding.
• Remove the bowl of meat from the freezer and divide the mixture in half. Using damp hands, form each half into a log. Compress it tightly as you work. Wrap each log in plastic wrap and use twist-ties to secure the ends tightly. Refrigerate flat for 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 300° F / 150° C / gas mark 2.
• Remove plastic wrap from meat and carefully transfer both logs to a baking rack propped over a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, turning halfway through.
• Reduce heat to 250° F / 125° C / gas mark 1 and cook an additional 2 to 2½ hours to an internal temperature of 160° F. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. Refrigerate up to 3 days. May be frozen for longer storage.

REAL HOMEMADE BOLOGNA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, curing salt, water, garlic powder, onion powder and liquid smoke using your hands. Divide in half, and form each half into a roll. Wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 24 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Unwrap the beef rolls, and place them on a greased baking sheet or roasting pan.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, turning the meat over after 30 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until chilled. Slice, and eat on sandwiches.

HOMEMADE BOLOGNA

Steps:

• Soak Casing in warm water. Use a medium plate (4.5) to grind pork. Mix salt and cure together in 1/2cup warm water. Mix this solution into meats until well-mixed. Let sit for an hour or so in fridge. Add remaining ingredients and grind again through fine plate (3.0). Stuff into casings. Air dry. Preheat smoker to 100° and hang bologna for an hour. Raise temp to 130° for another hour. Smoke time: 90 minutes-2hours. Raise temp to 160° and hold until IT of bologna reaches 155° Alternatively, poach chubs in hot bath @165 degrees until 155° is reached. Cool bologna in ice bath and hang to bloom. Refrigerate. Slice after well-chilling.

SMOKED BOLOGNA

Steps:

• Preheat your smoker to 225 degrees F. I like a good hickory or apple wood for smoke.
• Using the tip of a sharp knife, score the bologna about 1/8th of an inch thick in a diamond pattern on all sides of the bologna.
• Slather the bologna chub with the yellow mustard and then sprinkle all around with the sweet rub, opening the slits slightly with your fingers to get that seasoning into the cuts you just made.
• Smoke with the lid closed for at least 3 hours, but up to 4 hours. Bologna is pre-cooked, so you're just going to the amount of color and smoke flavor on the outside of your bologna that you like.
• During the last 30 minutes, brush on all sides with the BBQ sauce.
• Slice warm into small cubes and serve as an appetizer or chill completely and slice as thin or thick as you like for smoked bologna sandwiches.