Homemade Sausage Recipes

Homemade sausage recipes are an easy meal that everyone loves.

Barbecued, fried, devilled or in a homemade sausage casserole, there are so many ways to benefit that the big decision is choosing your sausages correctly.


Home made sausage tastes great and isn't that difficult to make. The best part is that you always know exactly what's in them, unlike store-bought sausages, which often have a higher fat content.


There are so many excellent varieties that choosing homemade sausage recipes to make can get difficult!

Homemade Sausage Recipes

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound ground lean pork
• 1/2 pound ground lean veal
• 6 oz (170 grams) ground pork fat
• 3 slices of white bread, crumbled
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon minced thyme
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 1 large egg
• Pre-prepared hog casings

Combine pork, veal, pork fat and bread crumbles together. In a small bowl, mix an egg, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, nutmeg, thyme and lemon zest. When well mixed, knead mixture into pork and veal mixture.

Put meat mixture into a pastry bag and stuff hog casings with sausage mixture. Be sure they're compacted firmly. If you see any air pockets, prick them with a pin.

Raw sausages can be stored in the fridge for around 3 days or you can freeze them for up to 3 months.

Homemade Chicken Sausages

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb (225 grams) ground chicken breast meat
• 1 lb (450 grams) ground chicken thigh meat
• 1/4 cup mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• Zest from 1/2 lemon
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley

Using a food processor or blender, grind the chicken, salt and pepper until well ground. Add crushed ice to the blender as a fat substitute.

Add herbs, mustard and lemon zest to the mixture and mix together.

Spoon the chicken mixture into a pastry bag and then pipe into prepared hog casings.

Poach your chicken sausages in a pan of simmering water for 10-12 minutes. Then you can saute your sausages over a medium heat for 5 minutes or until they've browned.

Homemade Hot Dogs

Hot dogs are a favorite with most people, but it's often difficult to know what's really in them when you buy them from a store. Homemade hot dogs taste great and they have a much lower fat content than store-bought hot dogs.

Ingredients

• 1 lb (450 grams) lean pork
• 3/4 lb (340 grams) lean beef
• 1/4 lb (110 grams) pork fat
• 1/4 cup finely minced onion
• 1 clove of chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1 egg white
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup of milk
• Pre-prepared hog casings

Use a blender to blend together the onion, garlic, coriander, mustard seeds and paprika until they're pureed. Add the pepper, salt, sugar, milk and the egg white to the blender and mix together thoroughly.

Grind the pork, beef and fat together twice to be sure you have a well-ground meat mixture. Knead the herbs and seasonings into the pork and beef mixture with your hands. This step can get very sticky, so run your hands under cold water first to help reduce stickiness a little.

Spoon your home made sausage mixture into a pastry bag and then pipe your hot dog-sausage mix into the pre-prepared hog casings . When you're done, put plenty of water in a large saucepan and raise the heat so the water is simmering gently. Place your hot dogs into the simmering water and cook for about 20 minutes. Don't allow the water to boil.

Remove them from the heat and put them into iced water to stop the internal cooking process. When they've cooled, use absorbent towels to dry them off and them leave them in the fridge for up to 4 days.

When you're ready to make hot dogs, simply heat up your pre-made hot dogs and your family and friends will really notice the great difference in taste.

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