Deer Pepperoni - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lb. ground deer meat
1/3 c. Tender Quick Morton meat cure
1/4 c. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. liquid hickory smoke
1 Tbsp. black pepper
1 1/2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1/2 to 1 Tbsp. garlic powder
1/2 to 2 Tbsp. crushed hot pepper

Preparation

Mix meat and Tender Quick meat cure.
Refrigerate overnight. Mix all other ingredients into the meat.
Mix well.
Roll in 3 to 4-inch rolls.
Bake on a cookie sheet at 250\u00b0 to 300\u00b0 for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
Turn rolls every 30 minutes.
Makes 4 rolls.