5 lbs boned pork butt (80% lean)
6 cloves crushed fresh garlic (or 2 tablespoons granulated)
1 tablespoon pickling salt
2 teaspoons fine ground black pepper
2 teaspoons dried marjoram (critical!)
1 cup ice water
Natural hog or sheep casing
Home Made Polish Sausage
Bill Leonard from Orlando, FL | Origin: Poland
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1. Trim the pork, cut it into 1 inch cubes, and grind it through the medium plate of your meat grinder.
2. Combine the spices in a small container and mix with the 1 cup of ice water.
3. Pour the spice and water combination into the ground pork and mix thoroughly for at least 2 minutes. Use your hands for mixing to assure even distribution.
4. Once the sausage is fully mixed, stuff it immediately into medium sized natural hog or collagen casing.
This sausage should be cooled as soon as it is done. It can be kept in the refrigerator for 2-3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Remember that the flavor of the garlic reduces the longer the sausage is frozen.
Growing up in a Polish family, every day was filled with fun, good food and of course lots of eating! All of this was amplified at the holidays, when no punches were pulled, and it seemed like everything we ate from Thanksgiving right through Christmas was made from scratch.
At the top of that list was home made Polish sausage. Through all of my travels, and everywhere I have lived in the world, I've yet to taste Polish sausage like my Grandma Lewandowski used to make. The smell and taste literally defines my memories of the holidays during my childhood.
The little old Italian ladies might get all of the hoopla for their meatballs and sauce, but I'd put my Grandma's fresh Polish sausage up against any of them!
My only regret is that I don't have the pierogi recipe from my Grandma Leonard. Those were a Christmas Eve treat like no other!
I miss those times as both of my Grandmothers are gone, but through the years, they have instilled in me a pride for my heritage. I hope one day to visit Poland and learn more about my family and the country we came from.
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