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Ingredients

• ✓ hog casing
• red chile pepper
• pork butt
• pork fat
• allspice berry
• clove
• cider vinegar
• garlic
• oregano
• salt
• black pepper
• cumin seed

Instructions

1. 1 Place chile peppers in a bowl and cover with hot water. Soak until softened, about 30 minutes.
2. 2 Meanwhile, place pork butt and pork fat in the freezer for 30 minutes. Chill meat grinder in the freezer to make grinding the meat easier.
3. 3 Grind allspice berries and cloves using a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder. Set aside.
4. 4 Drain chile peppers and place in a food processor or blender. Add vinegar and puree until smooth.
5. 5 Fit the chilled meat grinder with a medium plate. Pass the partially frozen pork and fat through the grinder. Combine ground meat with pureed chile peppers, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and cumin in a bowl. Mix well with your hands for 2 to 3 minutes. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour, or overnight.
6. 6 Meanwhile, soak casing in cold water for about 30 minutes. Place the wide end of a small sausage-stuffing funnel up against the sink tap and run cold water through the inside of the casing.
7. 7 Use the medium sausage-stuffing funnel attachment and place casing on the outside of the tube. Start passing meat mixture through the funnel, stopping just as it starts to come out the other end. Tie the casing into a knot at the end, then continue passing the meat mixture through the funnel, supporting the sausage with your other hand. Once the meat mixture is finished, tie the other end of the casing into a knot.
8. 8 Twist the casing at regular intervals to create individual links, alternating between twisting in opposite directions. Poke 2 to 3 small holes into each sausage with a metal skewer to allow air to escape during cooking.
9. 9 Cook as desired or chill in the fridge for up to 3 days.

By brandon

Ingredients

• ✓ hog casing
• pork shoulder
• fennel seed
• garlic powder
• red pepper flakes
• parsley
• salt
• black pepper
• white wine

Instructions

1. 1 Combine pork, fennel seed, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, parsley, salt, and pepper in a meat grinder; grind through a coarse plate. Mix in white wine and grind again.
2. 2 Stuff mixture into rinsed hog casings, twisting into 4-inch lengths. Cover and refrigerate until flavors meld, 8 hours to overnight. Cook as desired, or portion sausages into 1-quart freezer bags and store in the freezer.

By Paul Nenni

Ingredients

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

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

• ✓ hog casing
• pork shoulder
• pork liver
• water
• white rice
• green onion
• onion
• parsley
• red bell pepper
• celery
• cilantro
• garlic
• salt
• cayenne pepper
• black pepper
• red pepper flakes

Instructions

1. 1 Combine pork shoulder and liver in a large saucepan. Add 4 cups water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until pork is tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
2. 2 Meanwhile, bring remaining 4 cups water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Set aside.
3. 3 Use a slotted spoon to transfer pork to a cutting board; let cool.
4. 4 Stir green onions, onion, parsley, bell pepper, celery, cilantro, and garlic into the simmering pork broth. Season with salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and pepper flakes. Simmer until onion is tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
5. 5 Meanwhile, grind cooled meat using the coarse plate of a meat grinder. Stir ground meat into the vegetable mixture and cook, stirring frequently, until the liquid has nearly evaporated, about 10 minutes. Stir in cooked rice and set aside to cool.
6. 6 While the meat mixture is cooling, rinse sausage casings inside and out with plenty of warm water. Keep casings in a bowl of warm water until ready to stuff.
7. 7 Once the sausage mixture is cool enough to handle, stuff into the prepared casings using a sausage stuffer. Prick sausages with a needle every 4 to 6 inches.
8. 8 Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to keep the water at a gentle simmer. Add sausages and cook gently until hot on the inside, firm to the touch, and plumped in appearance, about 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

By Christy Lane

Ingredients

• ✓ hog casing
• toothpick
• hickory wood chunk
• lump charcoal
• cayenne pepper
• red pepper
• black pepper
• white pepper
• marjoram
• liquid smoke
• white sugar
• salt
• cider vinegar
• powdered milk
• paprika
• red wine
• pork butt
• garlic
• olive oil
• pork backfat

Instructions

1. 1 Rinse fatback thoroughly and soak in warm water for 30 minutes. Remove and chop into small pieces.
2. 2 Pour olive oil in a small pan and saute garlic for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Do not let it brown. Remove from pan and put into a large bowl. Add fatback, pork butt, wine, paprika, milk, vinegar, salt, sugar, liquid smoke, marjoram, white pepper, black pepper, and red pepper and mix until everything is well combined. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours, or overnight.
3. 3 Test the sausage flavor by frying a small bit of it in a pan and tasting it. Adjust spices if needed and place back in the refrigerator, covered, for 2 more hours.
4. 4 Run water through hog casings and rinse out as well as possible. Soak in warm water for 30 minutes.
5. 5 Set up sausage stuffing attachment on KitchenAid®. Squeeze out water from a length of casing. Tie one end in a knot, then roll onto sausage making fitting like a condom. Turn KitchenAid® onto medium speed. Feed cold sausage mixture a little at a time into the funnel. Use one hand to keep casing tight and one to feed meat mixture. Twist off links as you get to desired length. Repeat with remaining hog casings and sausage mixture.
6. 6 Add several handfuls of hot coal into a smoker to get a base temperature going, then let the temperature die down to about 140 degrees F 60 degrees C). You need a cold smoke to smoke the sausages so it doesn't cook and the skin doesn't get browned.
7. 7 When smoker has the right temperature, add hickory wood chunks. The temperature will spike again, so let it cool back down to 140 degrees F (60 degrees C).
8. 8 Using toothpicks, hang sausages in the smoker as far away from the direct heat source as possible. Maintain temperature at 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) as best as possible. It's difficult - don't sweat it if you get spikes. Just open the smoker door and let heat escape accordingly.
9. 9 Smoke until links are deep red and skin is starting to firm, about 1 1/2 hours.
10. 10 Remove from smoker and let rest for 30 minutes. Cook like any other sausage before, either pan-fry or grill, before serving.

By Brian Genest

Ingredients

• ✓ hog casing
• bay leaf
• red chile pepper
• black truffle
• parsley
• black pepper
• salt
• thyme
• cayenne pepper
• paprika
• sherry
• almond meal
• creme fraiche
• egg
• lemon
• shallot
• mushroom
• butter
• milk
• white bread
• ham
• chicken

Instructions

1. 1 Roughly chop chicken and ham and place in a food processor. Process until well combined and finely chopped. Set aside.
2. 2 Combine bread cubes and milk in a medium pan over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture turns into a paste. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. 3 Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, shallots, and lemon juice. Cook and stir until mushrooms are soft and liquid has evaporated, 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
4. 4 Combine chicken-ham mixture, bread mixture, and mushroom mixture in a large bowl. Add egg yolks, crème fraîche, almond meal, sherry, paprika, cayenne, thyme, salt, and pepper; mix with your hands until well combined.
5. 5 Beat egg whites in a large bowl with an electric mixer until stiff, then gently fold into sausage mixture. Fold in parsley and shaved truffle. Cover mixture and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
6. 6 Soak hog casing in cold water for about 30 minutes. Place the wide end of a sausage stuffing funnel up against the sink tap and run cold water through the inside of casing.
7. 7 Using a medium sausage stuffing funnel attachment, place the casing on the outside of the tube. Start passing meat mixture through the funnel, stopping as it just starts to come out the other end. Tie the casing into a knot at the end, then continue passing meat mixture through the funnel, supporting sausage with your other hand. Once meat mixture is finished, tie the other end of the casing into a knot.
8. 8 Twist the casing at regular intervals to create 10 individual links, alternating between twisting in opposite directions.
9. 9 Heat a large pot of water over low heat until lukewarm. Add sausages, chile pepper, and bay leaf; bring to just below simmering. The water temperature should stay around 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). Cook sausages in water for 40 minutes. Drain well, then run sausages under cold water to stop the cooking process.
10. 10 Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in the large skillet over medium heat. Cook sausages in hot butter until browned, about 7 minutes per side.

By stella