I thought I would share two of the sausage recipes from my sausage making class. Just a note: the ingredients are given in ounces so you will need an ounce scale that can measure such small amounts. I don’t have one so I may just convert to teaspoons as best I can (unfortunately it doesn’t work out to even teaspoons) and kinda wing it from there. Enjoy!
Italian Style Pork Sausage
This is a course ground fresh sausage. It can be pan-fried or broiled or thrown onto the grill. I actually removed it from the casing and fried it in my cast iron skillet to use as a pizza topping. It is yummy but definitely spicy!
Ingredients:
- 10.0 lbs lean pork trimmings (70% lean)
- 2.4 oz salt
- 0.4 oz fennel seed
- 0.4 oz crushed red pepper
- 0.4 oz chopped fresh parsley (optional)
- 0.2 oz ground black pepper
- 0.2 oz paprika
- 0.2 oz coriander (optional)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced (optional)
Directions:
- Grind the pork trimmings through a 1/2 inch or 3/8 inch plate.
- Mix the seasonings with the trimmings for 3-5 minutes or until tacky.
- Regrind through a 1/4 inch or 3/8 inch plate.
- Stuff in natural hog casings or collagen casings.
- Package and keep refrigerated below 40°F or freeze.
Fresh Pork Sausage
We made these into little breakfast-style sausage links. We used the milder recipe since we also made the spicy Italian Pork Sausage listed above.
Ingredients:
- 1o.0 lbs pork trimmings (20-50% lean)
- If you want milder seasonings:
- 3.0 oz salt
- 0.7 oz sugar
- 0.5 oz white pepper
- 0.2 oz ginger
- 0.15 oz rubbed sage
- If you want spicy seasonings:
- 3.2 oz salt
- 0.8 oz monosodium glutamate (I have no idea what this is)
- 0.6 oz sugar
- 0.6 oz white pepper
- 0.15 oz rubbed sage
- 0.15 oz ginger
- 0.4 oz mace
- 0.4 oz thyme
- 0.4 oz red pepper (this can be varied depending on your taste)
Directions:
- Grind through a 1/2 inch or 3/8 inch plate.
- Mix spices with trimmings for 3-5 minutes or until tacky.
- Regrind through a 3/16 inch plate.
- Package in bulk form, stuff in natural hog casings or collagen casings.
- Keep refrigerated below 40°F or freeze.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Recipes courtesy of Jeff Sindelar at the University of Wisconsin Meat Science Laboratory.
Other posts that might be of interest:
I watched the video! You looked great and how cool is it to have taken this class? My husband was a butcher for well over 10 years so he’s made sausage many times. I’ve only made bulk sausage, nothing in casings but have watched him do it at work. We have a grinder but no sausage stuffer, but since we’ve got the pigs we may have to invest. Very cool and thanks for sharing the recipes!
Thanks Goodwife! I really did enjoy the class. It seems like county extension offices always has such helpful classes. For now, we are actually taking everything out of the casings and frying it up to eat it. We’re still not big meat eaters so we tend to mix it with other things instead of eating it straight up. I would highly suggest the Italian pork recipe. I like the fresh pork too but the Italian is sooo good! And a butcher in the family will be handy for all those little pigs coming later.