Sweet Italian Sausage


This recipe does not require you to stuff the meat into sausage casings. You can do so if you wish, but with so many recipes calling for loose Italian sausage, it’s often not worth the effort.

Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs. ground pork
  • 1Tbls salt
  • 1 Tbls freshly ground fennel seed
  • 11/2 Tbls sweet paprika
  • 1Tbls finely minced fresh garlic
  • 1Tbls sugar
  • 1tsp black pepper
  • 3 Tbls red wine vinegar

Preparation:

Mix all the ingredients together…and you have Italian sausage! You can use this mix right away, but it will get better after about 12 hours in the fridge.

Use this Italian sausage in your favorite spaghetti sauce, or instead of ground beef in lasagna.

Multiply the recipe as needed, and if you make more than you need, it will freeze very well.