Homemade Weisswurst Sausage
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5.0
15 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
1 hr
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Cook Time
mins
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Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
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Servings
16 servings
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Calories
158 kcal
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Course
Main Course, Breakfast, Lunch
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Cuisine
German
Homemade Weisswurst Sausage
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Feel free to substitute veal or pork shoulder for the turkey if you want.
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon lard or vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup minced white onion
- 3 pounds white meat, pork, veal, turkey, rabbit, chicken
- 1 pound bacon ends or fatty pork shoulder
- 20 grams Salt, about 2 tablespoons plus a teaspoon
- 1 tablespoon minced parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard powder
- 1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon mace
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- grated zest of a lemon
- 1 teaspoon C-Bond carrot fiber (optional)
- 1 cup ice water
- Hog casings
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Instructions
- Heat the lard in a small pan and cook the onions until soft. Do not brown them. Let them cool to room temperature, or refrigerate them. This can be done up to a day in advance.
- Optional Step: Cut the meat and bacon ends into chunks and mix with the salt. Refrigerate overnight in a closed container. Doing this helps the bind, but is not 100% needed.
- Soak about 10 feet of hog casings in warm water.
- When you are ready to grind, mix the meats, salt, parsley, spices and lemon zest. Grind through a coarse or medium die. Put the mixture in the freezer while you clean up, or, if the meat is still below 40°F, grind again through a fine die, at least 4.5 mm and ideally 3 mm. This time, definitely put the meat in the freezer while you clean up.
- Once the meat is at about 34°F, put it in a large bowl with the water and C-Bind, if you are using it. Mix this with your clean hands for about 90 seconds, or until the mixture binds together as a cohesive mass that you can pick up in one glob. Your hands should hurt from the cold.
- Put a length of casing on your sausage stuffer and fill it with the weisswurst. Crank out one large length of sausage, leaving about 3 to 5 inches of "tail," unfilled casing, on either end. You don't want to fill the casings overly tight just yet. Repeat this process until you have all the sausage in casings.
- Get a large pot of water hot, about 160°F.
- To form links, pinch off a link of about 6 inches long at one end of the length. Spin it away from you to set the link. Now move down the length and pinch off another link, but this time spin it towards you. Keep doing this, spinning in alternate directions, until you get to the end of the length. Doing this helps prevents the links from coming apart. (This video shows how I do it.) Tie off the ends.
- Now, to tighten them, get a clean needle or sausage pricker. Gently compress the meat in each length, spinning it a little more in the direction you first spun. You will see air pockets. Prick the casing to remove them, again gently compressing the links to fill the casing. Do this for every link.
- Carefully lower the weisswurst into the hot water. They will want to unspin a bit so watch for that. Poach them gently for 20 minutes or so. While they are cooking, fill a large basin with ice water. Dunk the links in this ice water after they've cooked. Leave them there for 10 minutes. Pat them dry and you are ready to go. They will keep for about 5 days in the fridge, and can be frozen.
Notes
- This recipe makes 4 pounds and can be scaled up.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
158kcal
(8%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
32g
(64%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
88mg
(29%)
Sodium
547mg
(23%)
Potassium
118mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
22IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
25mg
(3%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 158 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 158kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 32g | 64% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 88mg | 29% |
| Sodium | 547mg | 23% |
| Potassium | 118mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 22IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 25mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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