Italian sausage

Ok, I really doubt that this is considered Italian sausage, but the flavor works for me and I can make it at home. Plus, I love sausage pizza. This hits the spot.

My brother requested pizza and I thought, I should totally put some sausage on top. But, one, I don't have money to buy some sausage and two, I tried looking for sausage at our local grocery store and I couldn't find any. I then decided that I was going to make them on my own using some ground beef and the spices provided by my spice rack.

The sausages tasted very similar to Italian sausage. The spices were right but, I failed to put enough salt. With that said, I should have listened to my gut feeling of cooking a small piece of the mixture to check if it had the right proportion of flavor to meat. I now have kept that in mind.

Italian-like Sausage

1/3lb of ground beef
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp rosemary
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1/8 tsp ground cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp marjoram
1/8 tsp paprika
1/8 tsp thyme
1/8 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp vinegar
1 egg




Starting from the top and clock-wise after, you can see that there's black pepper, fennel seeds, cayenne, marjoram, paprika, thyme and finally garlic salt in the middle. Add more salt if necessary. Mix all the ingredients together and form little balls. Cook on the pan until brown and sprinkle on top of pizza.

My brother suggested forming these into long sausages and cook them for breakfast. Sounds good to me.