| Have you ever wondered what goes in to your | | | | results then it would be prudent to invest in the proper |
| favourite sausages? Have you ever worried about the | | | | equipment. |
| quality of ingredients in those sausages that your | | | | Once you have the proper equipment or have |
| family cannot get enough of? Whilst expensive | | | | brokered a deal with your friendly local butcher, it's time |
| butchers' sausages may only contain the very best | | | | to start thinking about a recipe. There are so many |
| ingredients, the cheaper mass-produced varieties may | | | | varieties of sausages to choose from. When first |
| not. The only way to ensure that your sausages are | | | | starting, it is a good idea to perfect making sausages |
| both delicious and nutritious is to make them yourself. If | | | | to a basic sausage recipe, such as the British |
| you are thinking that sausage making is some kind of | | | | breakfast sausage or 'banger' as it is sometimes |
| mysterious butchers' art and well beyond the average | | | | called. This basic recipe can then be adapted to |
| cook, prepare to think again! Read on and discover | | | | produce many different types of sausages such as |
| why it is fun, easy and satisfying to make your own | | | | Lincolnshire sausages, pork and leek sausages and |
| sausages at home. | | | | Cumberland sausages. Then, when you have more |
| Before you begin to make sausages, you should give | | | | confidence in experimenting with recipes, you can |
| some thought to stuffing them into their casings. There | | | | move on to create more exotic sausages. |
| are many types of sausage stuffing equipment on the | | | | When you have decided on which recipe to follow it's |
| market ranging from inexpensive hand mincing | | | | time to roll up your sleeves and start sausage making! |
| machines with funnel attachments for less than $20 to | | | | This is great fun especially if you enlist the family to |
| large electric grinders for over $100. If you already | | | | help. When you have mixed up your sausage meat it |
| have a mincing machine or meat grinder, check to see | | | | is important to make up some small patties from the |
| if there are attachments available for sausage stuffing. | | | | mixture to fry in order to check the seasoning before |
| You may find that these accessories will cost less | | | | stuffing it into casings to make the sausages. If the |
| than $10 if they are available for your machine. Before | | | | family were nowhere to be seen while you made the |
| investing in equipment, however, it may be better to | | | | mixture, you may find that they all tend to gravitate |
| find a friendly butcher to help with your first batch of | | | | towards the kitchen at this stage, forks in hands! When |
| sausages. If you buy the meat and the casings from | | | | you are happy that the seasoning is as you like it, the |
| him and explain what you want to do, he may be | | | | next stage is to stuff the sausage meat into the |
| willing to stuff your first batch for you after you have | | | | casings. If you are doing this at home with your own |
| made the sausage meat to your recipe. If he agrees | | | | equipment, you may need to have someone helping |
| and you had fun making the sausages and like the | | | | you until you get the hang of it. |