# Homemade Beef Summer Sausage

This recipe details how to make homemade beef summer sausage, emphasizing specific ingredients and addressing common questions about the process.

- Total time: 1440 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 lbs ground beef
- 2 tablespoons Morton Tender Quick Salt
- 0.5 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon mustard seed
- 2 teaspoons coarse ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

## Instructions

1. Add Morton Tender Quick Salt to a bowl.
2. Add garlic powder to the bowl.
3. Add whole mustard seeds to the bowl.
4. Add coarse ground pepper to the bowl.
5. Add sugar to the bowl.
6. Add liquid smoke to the bowl.
7. Put on disposable gloves.
8. Add ground beef to the bowl with the spices.
9. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
10. Divide the meat mixture in half.
11. Form each half of the meat mixture into logs using your hands.
12. Carefully roll each log in plastic wrap.
13. Refrigerate the wrapped meat logs for 24 hours.
14. Prepare a sheet pan with parchment paper.
15. Put on disposable gloves again.
16. Unwrap the meat logs from the plastic wrap.
17. Place the unwrapped meat logs onto the prepared sheet pan.
18. Pop the sheet pan into the oven.
19. Set the oven timer for two hours.
20. Bake the meat logs for two hours.
21. Check the internal temperature of the cooked sausage with a meat thermometer.
22. Slice the summer sausage.

## Equipment

- mixing bowl
- stand mixer
- plastic wrap
- disposable gloves
- sheet pan
- oven
- meat thermometer

## Tips

- Morton Tender Quick Salt is a specific and necessary product for this recipe.
- Mustard seeds should be used whole and will soften while cooking.
- Do not omit any of the seven ingredients as it will drastically change the recipe.
- Wear disposable gloves when handling raw meat for personal preference.
- The meat needs to sit in the fridge for 24 hours after forming to let the Morton Tender Quick do its work.
- The meat will be more brown after sitting in the fridge, which is normal.
- Trust the process and bake exactly as instructed for a perfect result.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-11-13

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