Spicy Homemade Sausage - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lb. ground beef
1/4 c. meat cure mix
2 1/2 Tbsp. coarsely ground pepper
1 Tbsp. crushed red pepper
2 1/2 tsp. mustard seed
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
2 1/2 Tbsp. liquid smoke
lettuce leaves (optional)
apple (optional)

Preparation

Combine ground beef, meat cure mix, ground pepper, red pepper, mustard seed, garlic powder and liquid smoke.
Mix well and chill 8 hours or overnight.
Shape meat mixture into five 5 x 3-inch logs. Wrap logs individually in cheesecloth; tie ends with string.
Place on rack in a shallow baking pan; bake 6 hours in a gas oven at 200\u00b0.
Chill 8 hours and store in refrigerator.
Serve garnished with lettuce and apple.
May be frozen.