The Iberian Peninsula is made up of Spain and Portugal. While these countries are so close to each other, their people speak different languages, have their own distinct cultures, and food. If you’re a passionate sausage maker, maybe you know that both countries have similar versions of a pork sausage. These are Spain’s longaniza and…
Many people say that all sausages are made with casing, and it’s not a sausage if you aren’t stuffing ground meat into a casing. Well I’m here to tell you that this isn’t necessarily true, and I’ll show you how skinless sausages are made. Skinless sausage (sausage without casing) can be made by hand, and…
Is your homemade sausage too dry and crumbly? Are you having trouble figuring out what you’re doing wrong? Making your own sausage takes time and effort, and there’s nothing more disappointing than ending up with unpleasantly dry sausage. If you’re wondering how to fix dry sausage, don’t worry, there are few things you can try…
You’re ready to make sausage at home, and you have your meat, fat, liquid, and seasoning. The first step should be grinding the meat, right? Not necessarily. When it comes to whether or not to season sausage before or after grinding, you can really go in either direction. You can cube the meat, mix in…
To make your own sausage at home, you need three primary ingredients: meat, fat, and liquid. Here I’ll focus on liquid and discuss how much water should be added to sausage mix. I’ll also touch on why you need water in the first place and some really cool alternatives to water that will really change…
Do you know that there are at least 15 different types of salt out there? And I can tell you from my research that there is definitely more. Given this huge variety, it definitely matters what type of salt you use, and this absolutely applies to sausage making. Here we’ll explore what kind of salt…
A hot topic of discussion when buying hot dogs or sausages from the store is the nitrates that are used in them as preservatives. What are nitrates exactly? Are they safe? And more importantly, does fresh sausage have nitrates since you make it at home? Keep reading if you want to know the answers to…