Ground beef fattie?

luckyduk · Posted: Feb 11 2009 Post subject: Ground beef fattie?

Anybody ever try a fattie with ground beef instead of sausage (I can't eat pork). Cooking for a party Saturday night and here is my idea:
1 pound seasoned ground beef, turkey ham, cheese, turkey with cheddar johnsonville, wrap with turkey bacon.
Wondering if beef would stay together or not?

ne ideas let me know

luck
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mwillis · Posted: Feb 11 2009 Post subject:

I did four fatties this weekend that I made with ground turkey. I used some plain turkey, some italian seasoned turkey (like mild italian sausage), and added 1/2 lb. ground beef to each mixture. That is 1/2 lb. ground beef to about 2 lbs. of turkey. Each mixture made two fatties. Turkey will have to be wrapped in bacon to hold together when moving to the smoker. Beef would probably be ok without bacon, but why? Personally, I didn't like the fatties made with sausage.
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tnbarbq · Posted: Feb 11 2009 Post subject:

Go for it. I've done hamburger before and it comes out good. I would suggest not going leaner than 85/15.
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luckyduk · Posted: Feb 11 2009 Post subject:

mwillis - I thought about adding gb to gt, cause the last one I did with straight gt was good right of cooker but dried out quickly. personally I am not a fan of gt sausage, different flavor dunno, anyways I might try it with gb and gt.

tnbarbq- the beef I get is from a buddy near me I get a 1/4 in fall and sometimes 1/4 in spring and it has nice fat in it.!!!

thanks

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Michael B · Posted: Feb 11 2009 Post subject:

Fancy hamburgers hold together.
Meat Loaf holds together.
i can't think why your GB Fatty wouldn't hold together.

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Canadian Bacon · Posted: Feb 11 2009 Post subject:

I always mix it up different everytimeI do a fattie,one time I will use ground pork ,sometimes beef and pork and sometimes beef,pork and ground veal.There is no hard set rule that say's it has to be pork. Very Happy

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JamesB · Posted: Feb 12 2009 Post subject: Re: Ground beef fattie?

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Cal-B-Que · Posted: Feb 12 2009 Post subject:

After my experiments with fatties (that I posted last month) and a few experiments since, I think that the Jimmy Dean Sausage is just too rich for fatties. It is made for small patties or links that are browned. Unbrowned Jimmy Dean sausage is very rich (and fatty) and can overwhelm the taste of the stuffing ingredients.

I prefer turkey sausage or ground chuck with ground linguica mixed in. The linguica usually has pork, so you can omit that and season it more with BBQ rub or preferred seasonings.

Turkey "Bacon" makes a great wrap for the fatties, and browns better than pork bacon. I also do some ABTs with turkey bacon (mostly for the non pork eating girlfriend).

So go with ground beef or turkey, wrap in turkey bacon, and make sure to put some BBQ rub in and/or on the fatties.

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JamesB · Posted: Feb 13 2009 Post subject:

OddThomas · Posted: Feb 13 2009 Post subject:

Adding some veg to the mix will help lower fat meats to stay moist. Onions, bell peppers, and celery are the usual suspects for me. Like Canadian Bacon, I really like the ground beef, pork and veal combo.

I don't know why you don't eat pork, but if it's a health issue, you might consider having your butcher grind up (or grind it yourself if you can) some pork tenderloin. These days I mostly eat chicken breast and fish, but once every couple of weeks or so I need my pork fix and the tenderloin is what I turn to.