SAUSAGE CASINGS CHICAGO RECIPES

Steps:

• Blend together all of the ingredients with the exception of the ground pork until they are thoroughly and uniformly mixed.
• With your clean hands blend the mixture of seasonings into the ground pork until it is well and uniformly blended inches
• Place the sausage in the refrigerator overnight in a covered container so that the flavors can blend before use.
• When I make I usually use 1/3 of it rather quickly on a deep dish pizza and freeze the rest for later use.

Steps:

• To prepare casings: Let casings soak in cool water about five minutes to remove salt on outer surface (no longer, or they will become too tender to stuff) and flush salt from the inside by placing one end on faucet nozzle and turn on cold tap water (if you see holes or water leaking, cut and discard).
• Remove casing from faucet and gently squeeze out water; cover rinsed casings and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Grind the pork as finely as possible, mixing the fat and lean.
• Add seasonings and mix thoroughly.
• Add the finely minced onions, garlic and herbs to the meat, together with the allspice.
• Fill the casings and make links by twisting the sausage where you wish the links to be (four inches is a good size for a regular serving, smaller links may be made for appetizer servings).
• Fry sausage slowly in hot fat (cooking the sausages too quickly might cause the casings to burst) and garnish with parsley when done.