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A few weeks back I put up a recipe for breakfast sausage and from the feedback I have gotten it has been a big hit. Sausage adds a lot of flavor to your meal and if you make it yourself you can control the quality of meat that is used and the levels of fat and sodium.
I have a great love for Italian food and as a result I have been working on a Sweet Italian Sausage Recipe to be used in some of my favorite Italian meals. If you can make hamburgers you can make sausage meat so if you like Italian Sausage then please give this a try.
Ingredients:
1.5 pound of Ground Pork
3 Cloves of Garlic – fine chopped
3 Basil Leaves – fine chopped
¼ tsp Oregano
2 tsp Fennel – Grind the whole seeds
¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
½ tsp sea salt
½ tsp fresh ground black pepper
2 tbsp white wine
In a large bowl press out the sausage meat and then sprinkle the garlic herbs and spices evenly over then meat. Now get your hands dirty and mix the spices into the meat to provide even flavor. Add in the white wine, the flavor of the wine is nice but it also draws flavor out of the herbs and spices you have added to your sausage meat.
Cover and let the sausage sit in the refrigerator for a couple hours if possible overnight. This will draw the flavor into the meat. Heat up a fry pan over medium high heat and lightly oil. Take a small patty and fry it off for a couple minutes on each side. Taste the sausage and if required add more seasonings to give the flavor you want.
You can cook this sausage off in patties, make sausage meatballs or use it as a stuffing. It also adds a lot of flavor to lasagna or pizza. I will be posting recipes very soon that will use this sausage. Stay tuned.
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