FRENCH SAUSAGE RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Marinate: toss the lamb, fatback, and dry seasonings together, then chill well (at least 2 hours).
• Grind: grind meat mixture through grinder using a medium plate (1/4-inch) into a mixing bowl over an ice bath.
• Mix and develop protein: in an electric mixer, mix on low speed for 1 minute, adding the red wine a little at a time. Mix on medium speed for 15 to 20 seconds, or until the sausage mixture is sticky to the touch.
• Make a tester: make a test patty and pan fry. Adjust the seasoning and consistency if necessary before putting sausage into casings.
• Stuff: stuff the sausage into the prepared casings and twist into 15-inch links. Cut into individual links. Make a spiral with each link and secure with a 6-inch skewer.
• Cook: the sausage is now ready to prepare for eating by pan frying, baking, grilling, or broiling to an internal temperature of 150 degrees F, or hold under refrigeration for up to 7 days.
• Notes: regarding the links -- we don't make the 15-inch links, we make links about 4 inches long, twisting them into link-shape as we're filling the casings. It's up to you, of course, how you make them. These sausages are absolutely delicious, and I hope you'll try the recipe! The recipe appear to definitely be a French version of Merguez, rather than the Turnisian version -- all I know is that they're very, very tasty. :).

Steps:

• Cut the fatback into the thinnest possible slices. Cut the slices into the thinnest possible strips. Stack the strips uniformly and cut them into the finest possible dice, about 1/16th-of-an-inch cubes. There should be about three cups. Set aside.
• Put pork, beef, salt, pepper and garlic into a mixing bowl. Add the diced fatback. Blend the potato starch and ice water and add it to meat mixture.
• Cut the sausage casings into five lengths of about 18 inches each.
• Outfit a meat grinder (see an alternative technique for stuffing sausages) with a medium cutting blade and add the sausage stuffer, screwing it on securely. Slip the sausage casing onto the stuffer. Tie it at the end.
• Add the meat cubes with seasonings and liquid to the open feeder of the grinder, grinding constantly, allowing the casing to be filled to a length of 15 inches. Cut off the end of the casing and tie it on both ends. Repeat this action, cutting off each sausage with a 15-inch length and tying at the end. This will make about five sausages weighing about one and one-quarter pounds each.
• To cook the garlic sausages, bring enough water to the simmer to cover one or more sausages. Add the sausage or sausages and let simmer (the ideal temperature is 180 degrees) for 30 minutes. Serve sliced. The sausages could also be grilled until done or they may be smoked. If they are to be smoked, use a home smoker and follow the manufacturer's instructions.