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Sausage spice help............

Posted by partst (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 5, 09 at 17:48

Anyone have any idea what kind of spices I would use to make Italian sweet sausage? I called and ask Penzeys and all they could come up with is salt, pepper and fennel seed. Is that all there is to it or am I missing something?

Claudia


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RE: Sausage spice help............

Sweet red pepper, oregano...garlic...


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From the jar of Penzey's Italian sausage seasoning:
salt, fennel seed, Tellicherry black pepper and sugar. Smells and tastes great.


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The sweet Italian sausage I buy is very red...I am assuming sweet red pepper.
Linda C


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Homemade Italian Sausage
2 Lb well-marbled pork butt med ground
2/3 Cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 Cup fresh Italian parsley well packed
1/4 Cup dry white wine or ice cold water
1 Clove garlic (I use 3-4 cloves) minced
1/2 TBSP ground fennel seed
1 TBSP dried basil crumbled
1 Tsp red chili peppers minced
1/2 Tsp salt
1/2 Tsp dried organo crumbled
1/4 Tsp freshly ground pepper
1/2 Tsp Thyme

Mix all ingredients together in large bowl. Using sausage stuffer, fill casings twisting off 8 inch links or freeze as patties or in bulk.


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Thanks Chase your recipe is exactly what I was looking for I will be making it soon.

Linda I don’t know what makes the sweet sausage I buy have that really red color either it may be sweet red pepper but who knows with the packaged stuff it could be anything.

Claudia


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The sausage I buy is made near by...by a small Italian grocery store. It's wonderful and much sought after....and very red. For anyone in Iowa it's Graziano's
None better as far as I am concerned!


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elery uses the recipe he learned from Mr. Castellici when he was a teenager. It starts with ground pork and then he adds grated asiago cheese, moscato wine, fennel, salt, pepper, sugar, tarragon, basil, garlic.

No red pepper because I like it sweet, not spicy. I'm sorry I can give you amounts, we usually start with about 5 pounds of ground pork, add half a bottle of Moscato, a couple of cups of Asiago, maybe 4 tbls of fennel becasue I love it, a tablespoon each of oregano, tarragon. Probably half a cup of sugar, half a dozen minced cloves of garlic. Mix it and stuff it!

Annie


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Linda, next time you buy some ask they what’s in it that gives it such a nice red color? Maybe they will tell you or maybe they will say it’s an old family secret but it never hurts to ask.

Claudia


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Claudia I just realized you wanted sweet so you may want to omit the red pepper flakes.

Hope it works out for you


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It is probably paprika that makes the sausage red.


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