Italian Sausage

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs pork butt
  • 5 feet of casing
  • 1 ½ tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 TBSP parsley
  • 1 ½ tsp black pepper
  • 2 tsp salt

Directions

  1. Toast fennel seeds over medium heat for 5 mins and grind.
  2. Cut pork into small pieces and mix with all spices.
  3. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
  4. Grind with a fine blade and stuff meat into casing.
  5. Make twists every hand length, fold in parchment and refrigerate for 3 hours.
  6. Boil in ¼" water in lidded pot for 10 mins.
  7. Remove lid from pot and brown each side of sausage for 2 mins.