Italian Sausage Recipe

Italian Sausage Recipe

from daringgourmet.com
Ingredient
15 min
8 servings
180 kcal / serving

This homemade Italian sausage recipe not only enables you to maintain full control over the quality of your sausage, it also tastes WAY better than store-bought!  It's super easy to make and you can double our triple the recipe and freeze it so you always have sausage on hand!

Ingredients

  • 1 poundfreshly ground well-marbled pork butt
  • or pre-packaged ground pork
  • can substitute ground chicken, turkey or meat of choice
  • 1 tablespoonfinely minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoonfinely chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tablespoonred wine
  • 1 tablespoonsweet hungarian paprika
  • 1 teaspoonssalt ((start with less and fry a little of the sausage mixture and taste to decide if you want to add more
  • 1 ½ teaspoonscoarsely cracked black peppercorns ((toast in a dry skillet for a minute or two until fragrant for maximum flavor
  • 1 teaspooncoarsely cracked fennel seeds ((toast in a dry skillet for a minute or two until fragrant for maximum flavor
  • 1 teaspoononion powder
  • ½ teaspoonred pepper flakes ((omit if you want a mild sausage
  • ¼ teaspoondried thyme
  • ¼ teaspoondried rosemary
  • ¼ teaspoondried oregano
  • ¼ teaspoondried ground sage

Directions

  1. 1

    Place the ground meat in a bowl and add all remaining ingredients. Use your hands or a stand mixer paddle attachment to thoroughly combine the ingredients. Wrap and chill for at least 6 hours before using, preferably overnight for best flavor.The sausage will keep in the fridge for 3 days or can be frozen, well wrapped, for up to 3 months. Makes 1 pound of ground sausage.