HOW TO MAKE BEEF STICKS RECIPES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 160ºC/325ºF/gas 3.
  2. Dice the beef into 1cm pieces, then toss in a bowl with the flour, making sure the meat chunks are totally covered. Set aside.
  3. Add a splash of oil to a large casserole pan and place it over a medium heat. When it’s hot, add the beef and cook for 5 minutes, or until the meat is browned all over. Transfer to a plate and leave to one side.
  4. While the beef cooks, peel and finely chop the garlic, then peel the shallots and halve most of them, keeping a few whole. Trim and roughly chop the celery, then peel, trim and chop the carrots into 2cm rounds.
  5. Splash a little more oil into the pan, then add the veg. Strip the leaves from the thyme and add to the pan, then cook for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the vegetables are softened.
  6. Return the beef to the pan, then stir through the tomatoes and wine. Once the liquid has been absorbed, add the stock, bay leaves and a splash of Worcestershire sauce.
  7. Season with sea salt and black pepper, then transfer the stew to the oven to cook for 3 to 4 hours, or until the meat is tender and pulls apart easily with forks.
  8. Serve your beef stew with creamy mashed potato and, if you like, a glass of your favourite red wine.

Steps:

• Cut meat into 2” pieces and place in the freezer for 15-20 minutes while you set up the meat grinder.
• Set the grinder up with a 3/8” plate.
• Grind meat once through the 3/8” plate. Alternate between pork and venison every 8 oz or so to start the mixing process.
• Place the ground meat in the fridge while you reset the grinder with a 3/16” plate.
• Mix in Honey BBQ seasoning, cure and encapsulated citric acid to the meat block. Mix for 6-10 minutes until protein extraction has started. The meat should be very tacky and stick to your hands.
• Mix in the high temp cheddar cheese until just combined.
• Set up your stuffer with a ½” horn and crank down until the meat fills the horn.
• Load the casings onto the horn and fill the casings.
• Lay the cased sausage on sheet trays and place in the fridge over night to allow the cure to work and for the flavors to marry.
• The following day, preheat your smoker to 120 degrees.
• Hang the snack sticks, no longer than 4’, on smoke sticks and place in the smoker. Increase heat to 130 degrees and follow this smoke schedule:
• 1 hour – smoke on
• Increase heat to 150 degrees
• 1 hour – smoke on
• Increase heat to 170 degrees
• Remove sawdust and cook until internal temperature of the snack sticks reach 155 degrees.
• Remove the snack sticks from the smoker and allow to hang at room temperature for 45-60 minutes or until the internal temperature drops to 110 degrees.
• Then place the snack sticks in the fridge to cool completely down below 40 degrees. Enjoy!