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Sweet or Hot Italian Sausage

Fatty pork shoulder cured overnight with 1.5% salt, garlic, fennel, oregano, nutmeg and red wine vinegar, then ground cold and paddled until tacky for a springy, juicy red-sauce sausage; add chilli flakes for the hot version.

  • YieldMakes about 1 kg sausage meat
  • Hands-on28 min
  • Total12 h 28 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1 kgboneless pork shoulder with at least 20% fat, cut into 2.5 cm chunks
  • 15 gkosher salt
  • 2 clovesgarlic, finely grated
  • 2 tbspfennel seeds
  • 1 tspdried oregano
  • ¼ tspnutmeg, freshly grated
  • 1 tspblack pepper, freshly ground
  • 1 tbspred wine vinegar
  • 2 tbspred chilli flakes, for hot sausage onlyoptional

Diet

  • Keto
  • Paleo
  • Whole30
  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Sulfites
  • Grapes
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Fennel
  • Oregano
  • Black and white pepper
  • Nutmeg
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Stand mixer
  • Kitchen scale

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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