MOOSE BOLOGNA

Method: 

In a bowl to your mixer with hook or grinder attachment, add garlic, onion, sugar and sea salt. Mix together until chopped in small pieces.

Then add ground moose meat and ground pork meat, pulse the meat through add water  and natural liquid smoke and continue mixing until all ingredients are mixed well together. 

If mixture is to soft place in the fridge or freezer for 15 minutes to cool it down, if not continue to next step.

You will need two pieces or more of clear wrap, place one piece on counter and add all meat mixture and form into a small log. Then fold the clear wrap over and around leaving the end hanging out. 

Take one more pieces of clear wrap and fold with the join side down and roll the same. Then hold the end pieces and roll forward to tighten the moose bologna and make sure all air is removed by pinching the meat where the air bubble is. ( See video for more details! )

Then put moose bologna in fridge to marinate for 24 to 48 hours depending on you, then remove from fridge and remove plastic and place moose bologna on a pan with a sheet of parchment paper. 

Pre-heat oven to 325ºF and place moose bologna in oven and cook for 15 minutes on one side, then turn moose bologna over and cook for 15 minutes on other side at 325ºF.

After the timer rings change the TEMPERATURE to 225ºF and bake moose bologna for 1 hour and 45 minutes. If you make a bigger moose bologna it may need more cooking time……When moose bologna is cooked remove from oven and place on a cooling rack to come to room temperature before cutting, then wrap. Put date on moose bologna and keep in fridge for 3 days after freeze in slices to continue eating until gone. 

Please note: If you don’t have access to moose meat, use ground beef and ground pork or ground meat of choice to make a tasty bologna.

Bonita’s Tips: Using a mixer with grinding attachment will combined the ingredients well and the texture will be at the right texture.

You can mix by hand and wooden spoon to mix all ingredients, but grind or grate onion and garlic….. see video for more detail. www.bonitaskitchen.com 

Original Full recipe for two bologna's:

This recipe is by a 80 year + old timer he has been making moose bologna for himself and his family ever since he can remember. He said he got the recipe from his mom and knows how to do it because he would often help her in the kitchen. While he didn't want to take credit for the recipe, he was happy to share it with me and was excited to hear his moose bologna recipe would be making it's way to the internet. See recipe below!

3 pounds ground moose meat               1 cup ice-cold water

1 tbsp sea salt

1 Tbsp raw organic sugar                       1 Tsp natural liquid smoke

2 Tbsp minced organic garlic                  2 Tbsp minced white onion

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP ONE:

In a big bowl mix together all the ingredients

STEP TWO:

Put all the ingredients into the freezer for 15 min to make them super cold without letting them actually freeze

STEP THREE:

Take out the cold mush out of the freezer and roll it into two equally sized logs

STEP FOUR:

Wrap up each log tightly in plastic wrap and tie each end tightly so that it looks like a giant thick sausage.

STEP FIVE:

Put the logs into the refrigerator and leave them there to settle for 24 to 48 hours

STEP SIX:

Fire up the oven to 325°F

STEP SEVEN:

Take the logs of cold compressed moose meat out of the refrigerator, remove the plastic wrap, and put them on a baking sheet inside the oven.

STEP EIGHT:

Bake the moose bologna for 30 min, flipping the moose bologna rolls halfway through to ensure they cook evenly

STEP NINE:

After 30 min, turn down the oven to 225° F and bake for an additional 1 hour and 45 min.

STEP TEN:

Remove from the oven, let it chill to room temperature, and then store in the refrigerator for a max of three days before freezing what you have not consumed.

To cut the moose bologna, use a sharp knife and be sure the moose bologna has chilled in the refrigerator for at least 30 min before slicing to make slicing the moose bologna easier.

I hope you enjoy this moose bologna recipe as much as I do. If you have any modifications or ideas to make this even better let me know. This 50+-year-old moose meat bologna recipe has been serving locals here on Newfoundland for quite some time now, and as far as I can tell, most enjoy a second helping every time we fry some up on the wood stove at the cabin.