Italian Liver Sausage Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Toast fennel seed in medium sized, heavy saute pan over medium heat, constantly moving seeds around in pan until they start to turn light brown, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool. Once cool, grind seeds and combine with salt, pepper, and chopped parsley in medium mixing bowl. Add pork and blend thoroughly. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Using the fine blade of a grinder, grind the pork. After lubricating stuffer or stuffing attachment with shortening, load casing onto attachment, clipping end with a clothespin. Stuff meat into casings, trying to avoid air pockets. After stuffing is finished lay out on counter and tie off end. Pinch and twist to form 4-inch sausages. Wrap in parchment paper and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours. Store in refrigerator for use within 2 to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months. If freezing, wrap in aluminum foil. If using immediately, saute over medium heat in a heavy saute pan with 1/4-inch of water. Bring water to boil, put on lid and cook for 10 minutes. Remove lid and continue cooking over medium heat, turning every 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown. Sausage should reach an internal temperature of 150 to 156 degrees F.

ITALIAN-STYLE BEEF LIVER

Steps:

• Combine flour and salt; toss with liver. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a skillet, cook liver until no longer pink. Remove and set aside., In the same skillet, saute onion and celery in remaining oil until tender. Stir in tomatoes, bay leaf, parsley, basil, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add liver and heat through. Discard bay leaf., Serve over spaghetti; sprinkle with cheese.

HOMEMADE LIVER SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cook all meat separate to requirments.
• Save the juice from the pork & beef roast.
• Store pork and beef juice in fridge over night.
• The next day skim off white fat and despose of.
• Save juice.
• Grind all meat.
• Layer and put meat in kettle or large cooking pot as you grind.
• Grind up half med onion and ad to ground meat.
• Place kettle on top of stove burner and start to cook. ( STIR AS YOU COOK).
• Stir in beef & pork juice.
• Moisten meat mixture with 1/3 cups of water.
• Urban tells us: make it mushy.
• Thicken it with the buckwheat flour.
• add sage 2-4 tbl spoon full.
• add salt and pepper to taste.
• Aunt May reminds us : cook till mixture starts to pull away from kettle sides.
• make into patties and put in Press & Seal. Freeze and use as desired, great for breakfast.