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Making Italian Sausage, from Scratch
Ingredients
  • subheading: TO YOUR GROUND PORK, ADD:
  • 4.5 gms of salt/lb of meat
  • 1.5 gms of black pepper/lb of meat (optional)
  • 0.85 gms of hot chili flakes/lb (for medium-hot sausage) (optional)
  • 2.5 gms of paprika/lb of meat
  • 0.5 to 1 gm of fennel seeds/lb of meat (optional)
  • 25 gms of pepper paste/sauce per lb of meat (i.e. a 1-liter Jar does 35 to 40 lbs)
  • 1 cup of dry red wine/10 lbs of meat (optional)
  • subheading: * NOTES:
  • 20 YDS of sausage casings, will be enough to do 25 to 30 lbs of ground meat
  • The best cut of pork to use, are pork shoulder butts
  • The second best cut of pork to use are whole pork shoulder (i.e. NY Shoulder)
  • The third best cut of pork to use would be Picnic Pork Shoulder
  • Remove any “blubbery” fat, keep “firm” fat (do not make your meat too lean - sausage needs fat)
  • Use a meat grinder plate with ½ inch holes
  • Mix all ingredients very well
  • Fill casings so that they are firm to touch
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