I don't know if I can fit it all on here or if I have the pictures right but I will walk you through the whole process. first the ingredients
1 lb of ground sausage (what ever flavor you like I used country)
1 lb of reg. or thin slice bacon (make sure there are 14 slices)
1 lb of potatoes (I used O'Brien it has the peppers in it)
1/4 cup of onion
2 garlic cloves
enough olive oil to cook the ingredients in
fresh ground black pepper
options
chopped jalapeño peppers
shredded cheese what ever else you want to put in your potatoes
first sauté the onions and what ever other ingredients you like then the garlic last.
then add the potatoes [u]lightly[/u] salt,pepper to taste and cook until browned and done
set aside to cool (this is where if you are going to add cheese fold it in)now while it is cooling it is time to prep the sausage get a 1 gallon zip lock put the sausage in
then with a with a rolling pin roll it out out evenly in the bag put it in the refer to cool. now it is time for the bacon weave lay it out on parchment paper this is the procedure for half you do the same for the other side
put this in the refer on top of the sausage now it is time to prep the potato stuffing
you take the Cly. and add the potato mix a little at a time. then pack it down
until it is about a 8'' long
get the sausage out split the sides and flip the top over
then with the plunger press the potato log out onto the sausage
and roll up tucking in the ends like so now take it then set it diagonally and roll it up
tucking in the ends. it should look like this. then pepper and season to taste [u]NO SALT[/u]
now it is ready and time to prep smoker, and load the 'log'
cook/smoke at 140 for 1 hr and move it up to 250 for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs according to how you like you bacon
this is what it should look like on the out side
and the inside
you can serve it like a egg Mc muffin on a English Muffin or briskets and gravy like pictured
this can be done in the oven you just don't get the Smokey goodness just cook at 250 for about 2hrs. hint, give your bacon a stretch when laying it out, and when you get your bacon weave done and ready to roll take the rolling pin and roll/flatten the bacon and you will end up with a wider weave. I can't express enough about the SALT the bacon has it and the sausage has it so you would be way over salting if your seasoning( like Johnny's) has salt. so stick with herbs and pepper or a no salt seasoning. the recipe I have here is great for woman and small children but it can come alive with some chilies and some left over ham or brisket and some pepper jack cheese in the potatoes so go ahead and experiment and have fun. easeygoing
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