Italian Sausage

updated: 03/31/2025

I use this same seasoning for pork sausage and for venison sausage.

Note: I discovered that this recipe is NOT what’s in my recipe book. I suspect that I started with this one, and updated it as the seasonings were too light

Italian Sausage

• 1 pork butt, 4 to 5 lbs, coarsely ground for sausage

Seasonings:

• 3 tsp paprika or sweet red pepper, ground
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper, crushed
• 2 tsp salt
• 8 to 10 tsp fennel seed

Mix all ingredients together with 1/2 cup water. Mix well into the meat.

Make into patties, or may be used to make sausage links. This mixture will be a medium hot sausage.