Italian sausage

[mike1ranger]

A guy I work with called this salamini and apparently the secret and difference maker is an "old italian friend's" homemade wine. I used a cheap merlot. He claims the recipe is authentic Italian and comes from a group of his dad's italian buddies. I made 10 lbs bulk last weekend and it is GREAT even though it doesn't appear to have much of what I'd consider typical italian sausage seasoning. Give it a shot.

1. 10 lb 50/50 meat (ven/pork)
2. 5 TBLS kosher salt
3. 2 TBLS black pepper
4. 1 tsp allspice
5. 3/4 TBLS nutmeg
6. 1 tsp mace
7. 8 cloves minced fresh garlic
8. 10 TBLS red wine

Simmer garlic in wine 8 to 10 min. Mix with meat and spices. I also added 2 tsp crushed red pepper.

This is a mild sausage and a hint of sweet. Turn the heat up a bit if desired

 

[SmokinAl]

Sounds like an interesting recipe!
Al

 

[ab canuck]

I will give this a shot, I am always willing to try some new stuff....

 

[mike1ranger]

I will give this a shot, I am always willing to try some new stuff....

Share your thoughts when you do.

My wife really liked it. She said, "you're not going to mess with it are you?" I said, "no" but my fingers were crossed. I might replace the salt with creole seasoning to turn up the heat a bit and maybe cut the nutmeg a tiny bit. Don't get me wrong, I loved it the way it is too.

 

[jimmyinsd]

how can it be italian without the fennel seed? I think of fennel as the signature of that type of sausage.

 

[indaswamp]

I might replace the salt with creole seasoning to turn up the heat a bit

I would not do this. Dial the salt in and add the extra spices. You will not know the percentage of salt in the creole seasoning, it will be a guessing game.

 

[indaswamp]

how can it be italian without the fennel seed? I think of fennel as the signature of that type of sausage.

There are a lot of italian sausages that do not have fennel seeds in them. Italian food is regional, and each region has their own sausages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sausages#Italy

We just don't hear about many of the great Italian sausages here in the US.

 

[DanMcG]

There are a lot of italian sausages that do not have fennel seeds in them. .

A great Italian sausage with no fennel is a Tuscan style sausage. I think Len Poli has one listed on his site.

Thanks for sharing your recipe Mike, it sounds interesting and I'm going to try it sometime soon. simmering the garlic in wine sounds interesting too. Thanks.

 

[jimmyinsd]

There are a lot of italian sausages that do not have fennel seeds in them. Italian food is regional, and each region has their own sausages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sausages#Italy

We just don't hear about many of the great Italian sausages here in the US.

Not much italian in the upper plains for me to get a reference from. The Italian sausage we see always has fennel seed. Which I use in mine, but I grind it as I hate the actual seed itself. Recipe does sound like it's worth a try though.