Hot Italian Sausage

Prep time: 30 min
Servings: 80
Yield: 80 servings

Description

This hot Italian sausage recipe uses ground pork seasoned with paprika, garlic salt, anise, fennel, and red pepper, perfect for meatballs or burgers.

Ingredients

20 pounds ground pork
1/2 cup ground paprika
1/4 cup garlic salt
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon anise seed
1 tablespoon fennel seed
1/8 cup red pepper flakes

Directions

1 Combine pork, paprika, garlic salt, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl; set aside.
2 Place oil, anise seed, fennel seed, and red pepper flakes into a blender or food processor; blend well. Pour over pork mixture and mix until well combined.
3 Cover and refrigerate until flavors blend, about 24 hours. Freeze sausage in resealable plastic bags in desired portions.