Homemade Sweet Italian Sausage recipe

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Homemade Sweet Italian Sausage recipe

It has been  many years since I have made my own sausage, so I started a category for sausage making a couple of months ago. Breakfast Sausage ; I forgot how good the fresh sausage is. My wife said, “Wow this is really good you could sell a lot of this”. Well I think she forgot that that is exactly what we use to do, except at that time, we used a venison and pork combination because we processed venison for the hunters. This Homemade Italian Sausage recipe has a good blend of seasoning that works for wild game, pork or beef. Venison is kind of dry so I usually use a 50/50 combination of venison, and pork butts, but you can mix the combination up to suit your taste. You can link your sausage by purchasing casing from your local market. If you can’t locate them in the meat counter ask the meat department- they can order them for you. I like to spit the sausage up a little bit so I have some links, and some bulk Italian sausage in the freezer. If you decide to make links you will need 32-35mm hog casings along with a sausage stuffer, or an attachment for your grinder. (Most home electric meat grinders come with the attachment)

Homemade Sweet Italian Sausage recipe
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: Makes 5 pounds

Ingredients
  • 5 pounds of pork butts or (pork and venison combination)
  • 2½ tablespoons of canning or pickling salt
  • 8 ounces of ice water
  • 1½ teaspoons fennel seed (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper (fresh ground)
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1½ teaspoon sugar

Instructions
  1. Cut the meat up to fit the size of your grinder. If you are using a combination of different kinds of meat, like wild game and pork, mix the meat together before grinding.
  2. Grind the meat through a 1/ 4 or 3/ 8 inch size plate.
  3. In a medium size bowl, starting with the water, combine all the ingredients. Using your hands or a meat mixer, mix the seasoning into the meat until thoroughly combined.
  4. Note about hog casing-they may be packed in salt, so thoroughly rinse them, and flush them out with cold water before stuffing.
  5. Place the sausage casing over the stuffing horn, and then stuff and link. Take out what you need fresh and freeze the rest.

 

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Homemade Sweet Italian Sausage recipe

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Eggs and Sausage Casserole Recipe

Posted on September 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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Eggs and Sausage Casserole Recipe

It has been awhile since I prepared a breakfast dinner for supper. I had some homemade breakfast sausage in the freezer and decided to use it up. For some reason I have never prepared an egg and sausage type casserole-if have had Egg and Sausage Casserole at get togethers, and thought it was pretty good. When I came across this recipe I thought I would give it a try. Outside of the seasoning that is incorporated into the breakfast sausage there is no additional seasoning added, which leaves a lot of room to adjust the seasoning to your taste. Some good additions could be mushrooms or sweet peppers and maybe some cayenne or red pepper flakes if you want to turn up the heat a little bit. I prepared this recipe as written and it was very good. Enjoy

Serves 6

Ingredients

1 pound sage flavored breakfast sausage

3 cups shredded potatoes (drained and press)

1/4 cup butter (melted)

12 ounces mild shredded Cheddar cheese

1/2 cup onion (finely diced)

1 (16 ounce) container small curd cottage cheese

6 large eggs

 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and lightly grease a 9×13 inch casserole dish.

2.  Brown sausage in a skillet over medium heat.

browning sausage shredded potatoes

3. In a bowl mix together the melted butter and shredded potatoes, then line them in the bottom and on the sides of the casserole dish.

4. In a bowl mix the sausage, Cheddar cheese, onion, cottage cheese, and eggs. Pour over the potato mixture.

casserole mix egg,sausage and cheese

5.  Bake 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into center of the casserole comes out clean.

Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Egg and Sausage Casserole

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Homemade Breakfast Sausage Recipe

Posted on August 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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Homemade Breakfast Sausage Recipe

 

This is so easy to do I’m surprised more people don’t make their own sausage. I you have ever cooked sausage and as an end result had to drain a lot of grease out of the bottom of the pan it leaves you wondering exactly what were the ingredients in the sausage. For sure the store is going to use as much fat as they can legally use, and if they think they can get away with it even more. You can make a high quality sausage using 100 percent pork butts, and chances are it will be much better tasting, and healthier, then what you can buy from the store, plus you will have the advantage of knowing exactly what’s in it.

This Homemade Breakfast Sausage Recipe is a simple, basic recipe. I use a table top electric grinder to grind the pork, however if you don’t have one, I think a hand grinder would work out fine. Also if you find a pork butt roast in the meat counter you really like; most stores will grind them for you. (3/16 inch coarse grind) don’t skip the ice water in this recipe it will keep the meat cold and blend the seasoning. I also recommend keeping the pork as cold as possible; it should be chilled in the 32 to 35 degree range F.

This recipe is for 10 pounds, sometimes I will cut it in half to make smaller amounts, and freeze what I don’t use. If you have a stuffer attachment you can stuff the sausage into 28-30mm hog casing, or 22-24 lamb casing, or use it as bulk sausage such as I did for the biscuits and gravy picture above. Here is a link for my biscuits and gravy recipe on this site.

If you have never made your own Breakfast Sausage before give it a try. You’ll save a little bit of money by making your own, and will have the satisfaction of knowing exactly what’s in it. Enjoy

Ingredients

5 tablespoons kosher or canning salt

1 tablespoon ground white pepper

2 tablespoons rubbed sage

1 teaspoon ginger

1 tablespoon nutmeg

1 tablespoon thyme

1 tablespoon hot red pepper (optional)

1 pint ice water

Directions

1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl, add the ice water and mix thoroughly. Pour over the ground pork and mix until all the spices are evenly distributed.

grinding pork ground pork sausage

2. Refrigerate immediately.

 

 

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