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Hot Italian Sausage

“An Italian friend of mine had an Italian restaurant and used this recipe for over 30 years. When he retired, he graciously consented to passing it on to me. I will share it with you. It is excellent as meatballs, in spaghetti sauce, hamburger patties, or on pizza. This Recipe was prized by him and revered by many. We are lucky to have gotten this Recipe.”

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Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2009

Just outstanding! I have been searching for a great homemade italian sausage, and this is most definately THE best one I have found after trying dozens. Go for it, it will not disappoint.

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WifeofRiley

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2009

I needed some sausage but didn't want to go to the store. I scaled to use 1 pound of meat and substituted ground turkey and ground cayenne instead of red pepper flakes. Tastes great and easy! Thanks for a great recipe.

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Cindy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Riverton, Utah, USA

Living In: West Jordan, Utah, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2009

Great recipe. Gave it 4 stars because it need to work on the spice combo some more. First I scaled down the recipe to 20 servings, omitted anise (YUCK), only added a pinch of fennel seed, used 1/2 smoked paprika and 1/2 regular paprika (will go with all smoked next time). I also slightly increased the amount of hot pepper flakes. Will NEVER use store bought sausage again. Thanks for sharing!

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mld685

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Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2009

Just what I was looking for! They just don't make decent sausage in Asia...but this makes me feel right at home. I scaled down the recipe for 1 lb pork and thought everything was perfect except the red pepper flakes--I'll add a little more next time.

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2009

Absolutely wonderful. Best Sausage ever

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Bob Middleton

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Home Town: Virginia, Illinois, USA

Living In: Columbia, Missouri, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2008

This recipe is as near to my family's recipe as I've ever seen. Sorry to see it go public.

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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2008

Really an excellent recipe as it is using simple ingredients from the spice shelf. If you like a little hotter, add more pepper flakes, more anise or fennel add a bit more.. but of all the recipes I have tried over the years.. this one beats them all! Thank you Jim for posting this recipe. It will be one that is now in the family recipe books forever!

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SaucyRose

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Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2008

I skip the oil and use fresh garlic instead of dried or garlic salt. This recipe is otherwise similar to another homemade Italian sausage recipe I use. Yummy!

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kristen m

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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2008

Pretty good. I ended up adding using garlic powder instead of garlic salt, and adding more red pepper and salt. I reduced the Anise and Fennel by 1/3. Everyone liked it for eating as sausage patties this way. Will try it on Pizza next week.

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Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2008

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!

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Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2008

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

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FRANKTOMMYQUAKER

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Catlettsburg, Kentucky, USA

Living In: New Albany, Indiana, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2008

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!

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mike

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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2008

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.

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rockinrfarm

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Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2007

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.

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ROBIN

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Home Town: Benicia, California, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2007

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.

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CINDYG99

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Living In: Provo, Utah, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2007

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!

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Home Town: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2006

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!!!!!

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