| u’re against buying processed meat, or are | | | | of salt to each kilo of meat, is recommended. Or, you |
| tired of using the same old ready-made sausages, that | | | | can use a ready-made sausage mix, which already |
| often don’t yield the flavor you desire, you | | | | have salt added. |
| should consider making your own Gourmet Sausages | | | | You can stick to using a known family recipe, or you |
| for grilling. | | | | can experiment. Try adding fennel seeds and |
| Contrary to what you might think, making Gourmet | | | | rosemary to your mixture or make your sausages |
| Sausages is not a very difficult or expensive process | | | | spicy by adding coriander, chili powder. |
| at all. The ingredients and equipment you’ll need | | | | After you have got the basics right, you can go ahead |
| for this are quite easily available. Some of the | | | | and make your recipe a lot more interesting, and give it |
| specialized appliances necessary for this can also be | | | | your own personal tough, by experimenting with |
| bought low-priced, on the internet. | | | | different combinations and quantities of condiments, |
| One of the first things that you will need, in order to | | | | and ingredients. |
| make Gourmet Sausages, is a meat mincer, if buying | | | | Choose your casings carefully, since the can add to or |
| one proves to be too expensive an option, you can | | | | take away from, the taste and quality of your |
| simply ask your butcher to mince the meat, as per | | | | Gourmet Sausages. You have various options, |
| your requirement. Make sure that your meat | | | | including collagen casings, sheep casings and hog |
| isn’t sliced too finely, since sausages need to | | | | casings. |
| be quite meaty. If you do buy a meat mincer, confirm | | | | Another important thing you must keep in mind, is the |
| that it has the right measure of blade for mincing meat | | | | meat and fat consistency in your mixture, try frying |
| for sausages. | | | | some of the mixture and tasting it, before stuffing the |
| Another appliance you will require is a sausage stuffer, | | | | sausages. |
| which is a simple mechanism that works like a plunger. | | | | Gourmet Sausages are also a much healthier option, |
| It is called a screw-thread stuffer. | | | | since they contain a much lower amount of fat, |
| This sausage stuffing equipment can be made to | | | | compared to their mass-produced counterparts. You |
| function by attaching it to your food processor; | | | | can also be sure about the quality of meat that goes |
| however, a better option might be, to use a manually | | | | into the sausages, whereas you have no way of |
| operated sausage stuffer, since you will be producing | | | | knowing what kind of meat is put into the ready-made |
| your sausages on a rather small scale, and a | | | | variety. |
| mechanical sausage stuffer is entirely unnecessary, | | | | Once you have tried making your own Gourmet |
| unless you plan to make a large number of sausages. | | | | Sausages, you will never want to revert to using the |
| Pick a sausage recipe based on your taste, you may | | | | factory-produced sausages available in stores again. |
| want to stick to a simple recipe - adding 10 - 15 grams | | | | |