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Ingredients

• ✓ pork back fat
• white sugar
• salt
• oregano
• black pepper
• curing salt
• ginger
• ground pork
• garlic
• white vinegar
• hog casing

Instructions

1. 1 Stir sugar, salt, oregano, black pepper, curing salt, and ginger together in a small bowl until combined; set aside.
2. 2 Combine ground pork, ground pork fat, and garlic in a large bowl; sprinkle with sugar mixture. Pour in vinegar; mix thoroughly.
3. 3 Rinse hog casing very well until all salt or brine is gone; tie a knot at one end of the casing, then thread the other end onto a sausage stuffing tube. Stuff the casing with the pork sausage mixture, twisting the filled casing every 2 1/2 to 4 inches to form links. Once all sausage mixture has been used, tie a knot at the end of the last link.
4. 4 Tie ends of each sausage link tightly using fine cotton kitchen twine, then cut between each link to separate. Transfer links to a glass or plastic container. Cover; allow to mature in the refrigerator for 4 days, after which point they may be frozen.
5. 5 To cook longanisa, fill a skillet with 1/2 to 3/4 inches water; add thawed sausage links. Simmer over medium-high heat until water evaporates, about 20 minutes. Uncover, and allow sausages to fry in their own fat until golden brown, about 8 minutes more.

By Eugenio Vincenzo

Ingredients

• ✓ pork back fat
• pork shoulder
• salt
• white sugar
• black pepper
• garlic powder
• mace
• coriander
• cayenne pepper
• water
• sausage casing

Instructions

1. 1 Using a spice grinder or food processor, pulverize the salt, black pepper and sugar. In a large bowl, mix together the pork shoulder, back fat, garlic powder, mace, coriander, cayenne and ice water. Mix in the salt, pepper and sugar. Use latex gloves when mixing to avoid contamination of the meat, and keep the mixture cold.
2. 2 Stuff the sausage mixture into the casings and twist off in 3 inch lengths. If you do not have a stuffer, the sausage can be formed into patties or rolled into logs. Refrigerate and use up in one week or freeze for up to 6 weeks.

By Len Poli