Last night: Germany



We made a Bavarian hot pork sausage and a Frankfurter style sausage.

First, I prepared the casings by rinsing off the salt, soaking, checking for leaks, then softening with in water with vinegar.



Bavarian hot pork sausage:



I ground pork shoulder and fat and seasoned with sage, salt, pepper, marjoram, crushed red peppers, savory, cayenne, nutmeg and allspice.



Stuffed the casings



Then cooked the sausage in a beer bath with sauerkraut.



Frankfurter style sausage.



I ground and mixed beef, pork, and fat, then mixed with onion, garlic, coriander, marjoram, mace, mustard seed, paprika, white pepper, egg white, sugar, salt and milk.





I stuffed the casings and cooked the sausages in a water bath.





Finished product:





Results: The Bavarian hot sausage is almost too hot. The Frankfurter is good, although one of the casings burst in the water bath making quite a mess. (Also, I've now typed Frankenfurter instead of Frankfurter three times, sigh). Last night was a comedy of error and the sausages weren't ready until after midnight hence waiting to post until this morning.