Girardi's Italian Sausage Recipe - Cooking Index
5 lbs | 2270g / 80oz | Pork butt - coarse ground |
5 teaspoons | 25ml | Fennel seeds |
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Hot red pepper - crushed |
5 teaspoons | 25ml | Salt |
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Hungarian paprika |
1 1/2 teaspoons | 7.5ml | Black pepper |
1 1/2 cups | 355ml | Water |
6 | Garlic - crushed | |
1 cup | 146g / 5.1oz | Romano cheese |
Mix all spices, water and cheese together. Let sit at room temp while cutting then grinding pork. Keep pork cold. Very cold. Mix liquid/spice with ground pork by hand.
Separate into 1/2lb bags, or stuff into casings. Let sit 12-14hrs before freezing for spices to blend in meat. Or freeze imediately, then let thaw and set 1 day in fridge before cooking.
Source:
Leo Girardi
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