I eat alot of sausages now.
but I’d like to make some custom ones.
Anyone ever made their own sausages ?
I was wonder about casings … what are the options.
I dont want intestine casings … Wikipedia says Collagen and Cellulose.
I dont want to buy a sausage machine to start … just see how well I can do small batches by hand.
Maybe I’ll see what’s for sale in the grocery stores / butcher first.
You can make caseless sausage by using foil. You can also use a food processor instead of a grinder. I use my infrared oven to slow cook it . I think sous vide would work, anyone tried it?
I suggest you try making some terrines. Basically caseless sausage.
Well the first I would say is intestine is the best casing and that making sausages without a machine is going to be really hard. If you just want to experiment with different mixes then making meatballs or of it is an option, but obviously you won’t get to smoke or age them in the same way. Good news is you should be able to get a hand grinder with sausage attachment pretty cheap on the second hand market, or it should come included with tools like the Kenwood chef or kitchen helper which are good investments for any aspiring cook anyway.
Hi VLC.MD
I thin Sjur had some great ideas.
A sausage does not need to be in a casing at all. Think of breakfast sausage patties. You could do a lot of experimenting on different recipes just by making that type of breakfast sausage and you could do this without a large investment in equipment. You might find that you are not cut out, or ground up, to be a sausage maker, or you might find that you love doing it, but either way you can find out without a significant capital investment.
Keto for Life!
Richard