Johnsonville Sweet Italian Sausage Clone HELP!?

[jo83ben]

First off...Hello everyone!  Glad to be joining this forum, and looking forward to damaging my cholesterol further :P  

I'm relatively new to the smoking world (have had a Green Mountain Grills pellet smoker for about 1yr now), but Im really new to the world of sausage making.  

Im trying to make a clone recipe of Johnsonville sweet italian sausage.  Ive made some italian sausage already using different ideas from several recipes, and it turned out pretty good, however my friends wife ONLY uses johnsonville sweet italian sausage for their family pasta night every week, and Im hoping to save them some money by making it fresh.  

Ive searched the forums and the internet and haven't found any clones yet, and was wondering if anyone here has a good recipe or ideas of what may be similar.  Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

Joe

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to the forum.

There are so many Sweet Italian sausage recipes out there that finding the exact match will probably be hard.

But it sure would be fun trying!!

Hopefully someone on here has one that is close to what your looking for.

Al

 

[river100]

First off...Hello everyone! Glad to be joining this forum, and looking forward to damaging my cholesterol further :P

I'm relatively new to the smoking world (have had a Green Mountain Grills pellet smoker for about 1yr now), but Im really new to the world of sausage making.

Im trying to make a clone recipe of Johnsonville sweet italian sausage. Ive made some italian sausage already using different ideas from several recipes, and it turned out pretty good, however my friends wife ONLY uses johnsonville sweet italian sausage for their family pasta night every week, and Im hoping to save them some money by making it fresh.

Ive searched the forums and the internet and haven't found any clones yet, and was wondering if anyone here has a good recipe or ideas of what may be similar. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Joe

Almost 10 years later, did you ever get one close to Johnsonville sweet italian sausage? I've been looking myself with no luck.
This is where I'm at right now, I haven't tried it yet after upping the fennel and anise. 0.45% fennel didn't get close enough for me.
Salt 1.5%

Black pepper 0.2%

Fennel seed 0.6%

Anise seed 0.3%

Garlic powder 0.1%

Caraway Seed 0.15%

White Sugar 0.2%

Water 10%