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Polish sausage ( don't laugh ) [11]
Help! Last weekend, our family got together to make homemade sausages. We ground the meat, added seasoning, and stuffed it in a casing. Many ethnic varieties were made that day, including Polish.
I looked up a recipe for Polish sausage on the net and found 2 that seemed to be ok.
My Polish guy was on hand to look over the recipe and thought it weird that it called for sugar to be added. Together we decided to combine, pork & beef, salt, pepper, and lots of garlic. I added Marjoram, and Paprika to the mix because he couldn't remember any other seasonings that went in, besides, that's what my recipes called for.
After stuffing the sausage, I cooked it in a pan with a little water. I didn't know exactly how to cook it, and he had gone to work before leaving instructions. When he tasted the final product he said it was different. Not only because it was cooked differently, but the spices were different. We still have some uncooked sausage left, but he wants to smoke that. He's from Poland, and he says, their sausage's are cooked in a special salt? and smoked. I asked him what kind of salt, but he has no idea.
By the way, my brother-in-law is getting a smoker just for the sausage.
My question is this: Does anyone have any recipes for Polish sausage? Spices? Should I have used sugar? What special salt is he talking about? How do you smoke it? Type of wood?
