Summer Sausage

An easy-to-make beef sausage that is cooked right in your oven! It is nice to give away in gift baskets, and you can add or omit spices to suit your taste.

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5 pounds ground beef

5 teaspoons sugar-based curing mixture (such as Morton® Tender Quick®)

1/4 cup mustard seed

3 tablespoons garlic powder

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 tablespoon red pepper flakes

1 tablespoon salt

1/2 teaspoon hickory-flavored liquid smoke

In a large bowl, mix beef, curing mixture, mustard seed, garlic powder, cayenne, red pepper flakes, salt, and liquid smoke. Cover with plastic, and refrigerate for three days, mixing well once a day.

On the fourth day, preheat oven to 200 degrees F (100 degrees C).

Shape the mixture into five logs, and place on a wire rack over a large drip pan.Bake for eight hours, then remove to cool on paper towels. Let cool, then wrap logs individually in plastic wrap. Chill completely before slicing. They also freeze well.

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