Ghost Pepper Cheesy Brats Recommendation

[processhead]

I would like to do some cheesy brats this weekend using ghost pepper high temp cheese.

What are your preferences on cheese-to-meat rates using the ghost pepper cheese?

I want to taste some heat without losing the rest of the sausage flavors.

[Tex_77]

processhead i think Austin recommends about a .75 to 1 ratio!

[Deepwoodsbutcher]

I always do 1 pound of cheese to 10 pounds of meat, but have never used the ghost pepper cheese. Is it so hot, that would be too much?

[Austin]

Tex_77 lol, no, I’m not that crazy.

processhead normally I use cheese at a ratio of 3 lb per 25 lb meat
The ghost pepper is strong enough I’d go with 2lb per 25 lb of meat
I would use less ghost pepper than normal cause the flavor is so intense and spicy

[processhead]

Austin said in Ghost Pepper Cheesy Brats Recommendation:

Tex_77 lol, no, I’m not that crazy.

processhead normally I use cheese at a ratio of 3 lb per 25 lb meat
The ghost pepper is strong enough I’d go with 2lb per 25 lb of meat
I would use less ghost pepper than normal cause the flavor is so intense and spicy
Deepwoodsbutcher
I sampled some of the ghost pepper cheese, maybe 1/2 a teaspoon. The heat is right up there and almost overrides any cheese flavor.

I was considering adding some pepper jack along with the ghost pepper cheese for the purpose of adding some more cheese.
flavor to balance out the heat somewhat.

The pepper jack has almost no heat, but some detectable pepper flavor.

[processhead]

Tex_77 said in Ghost Pepper Cheesy Brats Recommendation:

processhead i think Austin recommends about a .75 to 1 ratio!

You first.

[Grimpuppy]

When I made snack sticks with ghost pepper, I went with 1/2 pound of cheese to 10 pounds meat. It was still so hot I could only eat 1 of them. For me, I can’t make a cheesy product with ghost pepper. If I put in enough to make it cheesy, It will be so hot I can’t eat it.

[Grimpuppy]

I really like lava jack cheese. You can get it cheesy and it will have pretty good heat without it being inedible.

[processhead]

Grimpuppy said in Ghost Pepper Cheesy Brats Recommendation:

When I made snack sticks with ghost pepper, I went with 1/2 pound of cheese to 10 pounds meat. It was still so hot I could only eat 1 of them. For me, I can’t make a cheesy product with ghost pepper. If I put in enough to make it cheesy, It will be so hot I can’t eat it.

Thanks, that kind of confirms what I was thinking too based on the sample taste of the cheese I had.

[Jamieson22]

Honestly I am not a fan of the ghost pepper cheese and I can handle heat pretty well. Just think it has a bit of a dull pepper flavor. I’d suggest maybe mixing 50/50 with another cheese at 10%.

[samspade]

Went 1/3 GP and 2/3 ceddar came out great in a snack stick. Just a bite of heat.

[Jonathon]

I agree with the 2 to 25 lb ratio, but that’s my recommendation for all cheese, not just Ghost Pepper.

[bss14978]

I mix 1/3 Ghost pepper to 2/3 pepper jack, cuts down on the heat while still being spicy. The pepper jack is kinda blah and the ghost pepper will light you up pretty good so mixing works well. I really like a high temp Habanero and would love to see Waltons stock that.

[Grimpuppy]

bss14978 said in Ghost Pepper Cheesy Brats Recommendation:

I really like a high temp Habanero and would love to see Waltons stock that.

I 2nd that!

[HerbcoFood]

Tex_77 said in Ghost Pepper Cheesy Brats Recommendation:

processhead i think Austin recommends about a .75 to 1 ratio!

I think that would be called queso!