This is a simple, reliable and easy hot link recipe that never lets me down. Add small cubed cheddar when mixing as a nice twist if you like.

Simple Hot Link
Ingredients
- Lean Beef 1000g
- Beef Fat 250g
- Rusk 100g
- Beer 100g
- Tabasco. 15g
- Hot Mustard. 15g
- Dark Brown sugar 15g
- Minced Garlic 6g
- Salt 18g
- Dried Thyme. 3g
- Fresh ground black pepper. 4g
- Red Pepper flakes 4g
Method
- Par freeze all meat and fat
- Grind meat and fat on a medium plate
- Mix with all dry ingredients
- Grind full mixture again on same plate
- Add beer and mix well until well incorporated and becoming sticky
- stuff in preferred casings and twist off into 6" links
- hang to set and dry off in chiller
- Smoke at 200-225f for 2 hours