Made it as shown except scaled it down. Great sausage! It has a little zip but not too much, good flavor and has worked well in Italian recipes. Thanks!

I make this all the time using ground turkey instead of pork. Works great just make sure to let it sit at least 24 hours for flavors to blend

YOWEE-ZOWEE!!!!! was this good! I used on sale $.97 a pound country style pork ribs and it was still the best sausage I have ever had. I added more fennel, chili flakes and salt after cooking a small sample, but that was just to my taste. For sandwiches, pasta, pizza or anything else, this is the recipe I'll be using from now on. YA DID GOOD JIM!

This recipe is fantastic! Just like Grandma used to make. I ground my own pork, useing a pork roast and scaled the recipe down to 4 servings (1 lb of ground meat). I didn't have the anise, so I added a 1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning to the one pound of ground pork. To serve I sliced up 2 green bell peppers and 2 onions and tossed them with olive oil and salt and pepper roasted them in the oven @ 400 for 25 min. I browned the crumbled sausage in 2 tsp olive oil and added 1/2 jar of Emeril's maranaria sauce. Mixed in the peppers and onions and served on grilled hard rolls. Oh so yummy!!!!!! Thank you for the great recipe.

Made this with soy crumbles in a lasagna. My sister is vegetarian but I couldn't find any veggie Italian sausage. This was a great alternative.

This was so easy to make. The recipe was nice and flavorful and tasted just like sausage from the old neighborhood in Denver. Personally, I will make it hotter next time.

I scaled this down for 1 lb pork. This was perfect for our pizza. It had great flavor, not really hot at all. Thanks Jim for sharing your friend's special recipe with us!

I really liked this recipe. I will probably never but Italian sausage again. I've tried it with ground turkey also....just as good! I do however use extra virgin olive oil instead of the vegie oil and sometimes omit the pepper flakes if the kids are going to be eating it. All in all a really good Italian sausage!! Thanks!!!!!

We used beef becauswe we don't eat pork. It was okay but not quite what I was expecting. Not at all spicy Had to triple spices.

Outstanding flavor Very authentic Easy to make

Very good.. I scaled down the recipe to two pounds and used ground turkey and it turned out wonderful.

This sausage was alright, I would not consider it hot though. Something still was missing, my search continues...

not enough fennel or hot pepper to rate as a hot italian sausage

This recepe took first place at a sausage cook off for out local Sons of Italy in America Club.

The sausage turned out wonderful, however it was not as hot as expected. The recipe calls for paprika, is that sweet or hot? It was unclear, but wonderful flavor.