Sneaker98
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
As part of a continuing family effort of being thrifty, a little healthier (by making things from scratch), and keeping more food on hand as a matter of prepardness, I am having a go at making homemade Italian Sausage. We use a lot of it around here, it goes in spaghetti instead of ground beef and homemade pizza gets made a lot.
Found some Pork Butt for $1.89/lb so picked up a half to start with, about 5.5 pounds. Boned it and ran it through the KitchenAid grinder and came out with about 4.5 pounds of ground pork.
Researched some recipes on the internet. Started out simple.
4 tsp fresh ground fennel
4 tsp fresh ground black pepper
3 tsp kosher salt
2 tsp slightly ground red pepper flakes
Mixed it into the grind and cooked up a little piece. Not bad. Needs more salt for sure. The fennel and pepper is of course prominent, and will get stronger as the flavors marry. I think it might have been a bit too much black pepper though.
I'm going to play with it some more, adding a little more salt and fennel, probably some garlic and onion powders among other things. I will update as it goes.
If any of you farkers have a tried and true recipe, please share!
Found some Pork Butt for $1.89/lb so picked up a half to start with, about 5.5 pounds. Boned it and ran it through the KitchenAid grinder and came out with about 4.5 pounds of ground pork.
Researched some recipes on the internet. Started out simple.
4 tsp fresh ground fennel
4 tsp fresh ground black pepper
3 tsp kosher salt
2 tsp slightly ground red pepper flakes
Mixed it into the grind and cooked up a little piece. Not bad. Needs more salt for sure. The fennel and pepper is of course prominent, and will get stronger as the flavors marry. I think it might have been a bit too much black pepper though.
I'm going to play with it some more, adding a little more salt and fennel, probably some garlic and onion powders among other things. I will update as it goes.
If any of you farkers have a tried and true recipe, please share!
