Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2012

All 8 of my kids and my husband have refused to go back to store bought sausage since trying this! I get pork roasts on sale and grind my own meat so there is almost no grease at all and having a large family, this makes sausage WAYYYYYY cheaper for us!!!

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lneu

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2012

Delicious. We used this recipe the last time we made lasagna and will definitely use it again.

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DianaB

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2012

Authentic Italian sausage flavor! I subbed fennel for anise and added only a dash of red pepper flakes.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Columbus, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2012

I used Hormel Spicy Pork sausage. It was definitely spicy, and I followed this recipe almost exactly (I used fennel seeds instead of anise.) So flavorful, and so delicious! This will become a staple for my dinner recipes.

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soniastw

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2011

I used these spices in 2 cups of rehydrated TVP (that's textured vegetable protein) instead of pork and my husband (who is NOT a vegetarian) loooooved it.

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sugarlei

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Campbell, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2011

Great basic recipe for Italian sausage. I grind my own pork or chicken to make it lean.

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Kate

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Toledo, Ohio, USA

Living In: Rochester, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2011

Multiplied the ingredient amounts by 8 to season 11.5 lbs of ground venison. Only used 2 tsp of salt due to reviewers comments. Did not have dried onion in the pantry. Used 2 tsp crushed red pepper. This may be a keeper. I'm refrigerating the mix over night and will cook a sample in 24 hrs and adjust seasonings as needed before freezing portioned meat.

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MrsZimm13

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Tate, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2011

I don't eat pork so tried it with ground beef and used it with a pizza crust I found on here. Yummo! ~

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mitziss

Reviewed: Aug. 9, 2011

To make this a little lighter (and maybe a little more cost effective, depending on how great your shopping skills are), you can substitute ground chicken or turkey for the ground pork and still have it come out tasting like italian sausage. This is one of my favorite go-to recipes for when I'm making breakfast sausage. Even my ground turkey/chicken hating husband loves this recipe. For a sweeter sausage flavor, I like to add either a tablespoon or so of brown sugar or maple syrup.

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Sarah Jo

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

Living In: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2011

This is a fantastic recipe for turkey sausage! I did, of course, tweak it a bit. I added 1/2 the salt. I added fennel seed and used the Italian Seasoning from the Tuscany Bread Dipping Herbs that I get from the supermarket, in addition to all of the other herbs and spices. My husband loved this recipe!!

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