Italian sausage can be sweet or spicy and is made with minced pork. You can use it to season pasta or eat it on its own. You need a meat grinder and its accessories. Follow these instructions to make a homemade Italian sausage.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Part One: Buying the Ingredients
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Step 1. Buy 2 kg of pork shoulder
Debone it if not already done.
You can also make this sausage with a mixture of beef and pork. Replace about 1 kg of pork for beef
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Step 2. Buy sausage casings
Ask if you need to soak them or not.
If you need to soak them, dip them in a bowl full of orange juice and salt for an hour. Leave them moist before using them
Method 2 of 3: Part Two: Chop the Meat
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Step 1. Cut the pork into small pieces
Chop it (along with beef if you have decided to use it) with a meat grinder or with an accessory similar to your food processor.
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Step 2. Put the mince in a large bowl
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Step 3. Add the spices to the meat
You have to decide if you want a sweet or spicy sausage.
- If you want the traditional Italian spicy sausage, add 4 g of chopped fennel seeds, 18 g of salt, 7 g of black pepper, 11 g of peppercorns and / or cayenne pepper, 2 g of parsley and 10-20 g of paprika.
- If you want the sweet version, then don't add peppercorns, cayenne or black peppercorns. Add all 20 grams of paprika.
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Step 4. Put on plastic gloves
Mix the spices with the meat until they are well combined.
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Step 5. Put cling film over the bowl
Let it rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
Method 3 of 3: Part Three: Making Sausages
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Step 1. Cover the sausage stuffing accessory with some fat
It will help you make the meat flow more evenly.
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Step 2. Tie one end of the gut
Place it at the end of the accessory.
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Step 3. This part of the job is best done in more than one person, so you can load the accessory, turn the sausage and facilitate the process
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Step 4. Fill the gut until it is firm
Fill it well without making too many air bubbles.
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Step 5. Tie the other end of the gut when you have about 7 cm left at the end
If you use natural gut, you need to tie it with string.
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Step 6. Go back to the beginning of the gut
Twist the sausage several times at 7-20 cm intervals depending on how long you want your single sausage to be.
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Step 7. Prick each sausage with a pin to remove air bubbles
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Step 8. Store the sausages in an airtight container
Freeze them immediately.