Loukanika-Greek Pork Sausage
- 1 pound pork shoulder ground
- 1/2 pound pork rinds fresh, boiled for 2 hours, drained and ground
- 1/2 pound pork fatback
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 each oranges grated rind only
- 1 teaspoon marjoram crushed, dried, OR thyme
- 1 each bay leaves ground in mortar
- 13 cup red wine dry
- 1 teaspoon allspice or corriander
- 1 x black pepper freshly ground
- 2 each garlic cloves crushed
- 1 x sausage casing
- Grind the pork, pork rind, and fatback through the fine blade of a meat chopper.
- Combine in a large bowl with all the seasonings.
- Knead thoroughly.
- Store in the refrigerator while you prepare the casing.
- Ususally salted, the casing (pork intestine) especially the interior, must be rinsed under cold running water several times.
- (To avoid losing casing down the drain while doing this, be sure the casing is inside a very large pan!)
- Allow to drain on a linen towel.
- Use a pastry bag to force the stuffing into the casing.
- Pinch at 3 1/2 to 4 inch intervals allowing space between to form the sausage links.
- Normally the casing will not break, but if it does, that section must be discarded and a knot tied in the new "end".
- To cook, poach in water for 1 hour, then drain, discarding the cooking water.
- Fry the sausages in a frying pan over moderate heat, or use as suggested in any recipe.
- Drain and serve hot.
- Note: To store, freeze uncooked in meal-sized batches.
- The sausages should be used within a day or two if not frozen.
pork shoulder ground, pork, pork fatback, salt, oranges, marjoram, bay leaves ground, red wine, allspice, black pepper, garlic, sausage casing
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/loukanika-greek-pork-sausage-38335 (may not work)