Thursday, December 19, 2013

Homemade Sausage!!!!

I decided to give it a go at making homemade sausage.  My husband is hosting a breakfast for the men in our church and I wanted  to have sausage and bacon but they don't sell the type of sausage that we eat.  So, I did what any desperate woman would do.  I looked up the recipe on Pinterest.   I tweaked the recipe that I found, added some things from another recipe so it's a hybrid sausage.  I'll have to update this post when the sausage is turned into patties and cooked.  Right now it is a seasoned blob of pork.  I didn't grind the pork myself, I need to order that attachment from KitchenAid.  I'm so grateful that the meat is so fresh here and ground in store, so that I don't have to worry about what's in it.  The ingredients listed below are for a pound of pork.


1 lb of ground pork
1/8 tsp marjoram
1/4 tsp dried rosemary
1/2 tsp dried sage
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp brown sugar
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dried mustard
1/4 tsp ground fennel


In a large bowl mix the seasoning together with the pork.  I recommend letting the seasoning do it's job and wait at least 24 hours before cooking.  I plan on making patties and then freezing them until I need them.





These are all of the seasonings that you will need.


Ever wonder what a pinch looks like in exact measurement?


I love kitchen gadgets.  I found this years ago at Big Lot, I could pinch it with my fingers but some people have larger fingers than other so the size of the pinch varies.  This works for me.






So, I'll be honest. It did not cross my mind to write this post until after I had mixed in all of the seasonings.  The ones above were measured out after the fact.  I did forget the marjoram so that is what's on the pork waiting to be belatedly mixed in.



I flattened the sausage out and used a medium sized cookie cutter to make patties.



I sealed them in an airtight container separated by wax paper.  I doubled the recipe and ended up with 67 patties.  They will reside in my freezer until Monday morning.







From South Africa With Love,



2 comments:

  1. This was the second time that I made it. The first batch was simpler, less ingredients and my family loved it. This time Michaela was the only one that liked it, if you put maple syrup on it it taste just like the sausage from home. It was too fussy for them they liked the simpler one, I'll have to post that recipe also. The men at church loved it though.

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