The pride of the Homeland, the USS Wisconsin is a variation of the "Bacon Explosion" with ingredients near and dear to the heart of a Wisconsinite. This dish is aptly named as this is a battleship looking dish when ready, and packs a punch.
Night Before Use: Uncase your Bratwurst or mix up bratwurst based on my recipe, spread 6oz of a good wheat beer over the meat and refrigerate overnight.
Day of: Get your smoker/grill up to about 250deg, setup for indirect cooking.
Take your bacon and "weave" it into a mat, over-under-over-etc on to a piece of parchment paper. YouTube it for more detail.
Spread uncased Bratwurst into a mat slightly smaller than the bacon mat. On one end lay in strips of cheese or cheese curds if you have them, I used 3 strips about 1/4" x 1/4" x 10". Spread diced onion on-top of that.
Now, roll brat meat up jellyroll style around the cheese and onion. The end shape should be a log, make sure ends in-particular are sealed well to keep the melted cheese from oozing out. Roll, form, pack it so it's in a nice log.
Transport the Brat Log over to the bacon mat and place about 2" in from one end. Now, roll the bacon mat around the brat log. When you get to the end, secure bacon to the brat log with several toothpicks.
Cover the bacon in your favorite BBQ rub. I prefer Dizzy Pig's Dizzy Dust.
Move onto your smoker and smoke with favorite fruit wood for 2-3 hours at 250 or until internal temp reaches at least 165deg. Remember, we are dealing with raw pork here, so it needs to be cooked through.
You will want to make sure you have a drip pan underneath the Battleship as she's going leak a lot of fat. You could do this in the oven, but I haven't tried. Not sure you'll get the nice flavor from a smoker or other open flame.
TO SERVE:
Slice hamburger size slices and serve on a pretzel roll with sauerkraut and honey mustard.
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (324g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 12 Servings | ||
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Calories: 622 | ||
Calories from Fat: 457 (73%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 50.8g | 68 % | |
Saturated Fat 18g | 90 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 23.4g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 5g | ||
Cholesterol 103.5mg | 32 % | |
Sodium 1176.2mg | 41 % | |
Potassium 642.1mg | 17 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 19g | 6 % | |
Dietary Fiber 2.9g | 11 % | |
Sugars, other 16.1g | ||
Protein 21.1g | 30 % | |
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Calories per serving: 622
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