Creole smoked sausage & creole hot sausage

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
3Yards small sausage casing
4poundsLean pork (or 2 lb lean pork and 2 lb lean beef)
2poundsPork fat
2teaspoonsFinely minced garlic
2teaspoonsFreshly ground black pepper
3tablespoonsSalt
2teaspoonsCayenne
½teaspoonGround bay leaf
¼teaspoonCumin
½teaspoonChili powder
4teaspoonsPaprika
½teaspoonSugar
5teaspoonsColgin's liquid hickory smoke

Directions

New Orleans' most popular sausage, a type of country sausage made with pork, or pork and beef. It's not really smoked, but has a fine smokey flavor that makes it an ideal seasoning meat for our favorite bean dishes, gumbos, and jambalayas. We also like it pan grilled as a breakfast or dinner sausage. [Also makes great po-boys--ECT] Allow about 20 to 25 minutes for grilling. When used as a seasoning meat in other dishes, it requires no precooking. About 6 pounds of 6-8 inch sausage (To make HOT sausage, omit the liquid hickory smoke and add 1 tsp cayenne and 1 tsp black pepper.) Hot sausage is a good accompaniment to bean dishes or smothered vegetables or as a breakfast sausage with grits and eggs. It is not recommended as a seasoning meat in traditional bean dishes as it is likely to overwhelm the flavor of the other ingredients. Prepare the sausage casings and stuffing. Mix ingredients lightly; the stuffing should be slightly coarse in texture. Cut the casing into 12 inch lengths and stuff. Allow 2 smoked sausages per serving.