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English Banger Question -- Tasting the Rusk?
Posted:
Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:46 am
by polka
Howdy
This past weekend I made some Beef Bangers. First time to make a sausage with Rusk or breadcrumbs.
It was 5 pound batch of Beef using 2 eggs, 1 cup ice water, and 3 cups breadcrumbs, besides the herbs and spices. It was a nice, moist sausage, and flavorful!
Question: Am I supposed to be able to taste the breadcrumbs? Also, it firmed up the farce so as to require hydraulics to push it thru the stuffer--well, it seemed that way to me.
What is the usual ratio of Beef / meats to rusk?
thanks for looking
Rex
aka Polka
Re: English Banger Question -- Tasting the Rusk?
Posted:
Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:01 pm
by wheels
Hi Rex
The egg would firm the mix up. In a typical 'banger' I would use 77% Meat, 13% Water, 8% Rusk and 2% seasoning or thereabouts. It's not prescriptive. Many commercial sausages a have far more filler, and some people prefer a lot less.
For me, it's not about the economics. It's that,without the rusk, the sausage just doesn't have the characteristics to be a classic British sausage.
Phil
Re: English Banger Question -- Tasting the Rusk?
Posted:
Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:54 am
by polka
Phil
does that translate into about 175 g to 200 g of rusk in 2.2 k of meat?
R
Re: English Banger Question -- Tasting the Rusk?
Posted:
Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:28 am
by DanMcG
For your 2.2kg of meat, 8% rusk would be 229g, 13% water 371g.
Man, I'm a little rusty at the math, but I'm sure I got it right, if not someone with set me straight.
And I'd also like to know if you're suppose to taste the rusk? I've only done one recipe using it.
Re: English Banger Question -- Tasting the Rusk?
Posted:
Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:44 pm
by wheels
No your not supposed to taste the rusk as a separate entity.
HTH
Re: English Banger Question -- Tasting the Rusk?
Posted:
Wed Nov 01, 2017 12:47 am
by polka
Thanks Wheels, and DanMcG for your time and trouble to answer. Next time I will recalculate this one. I definitely tasted it when first bite, but it disappears in the remaining flavors as the lunch progresses.
Again, much obliged!
R
Re: English Banger Question -- Tasting the Rusk?
Posted:
Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:18 am
by NCPaul
Welcome to the forum.
I like the use of stock in place of water, my water has hardly any flavor.
Re: English Banger Question -- Tasting the Rusk?
Posted:
Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:50 pm
by wheels
It looks good. Welcome.
Phil