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2 c Milk
2 md Onions, chopped
2 md Carrots, chopped
1 lg Celery stalk with leaves,
-chopped 6 Fresh parsley sprigs
7 lg Shallots, minced
1 lg Garlic clove, crushed
2 Bay leaves, broken
3 1/2 ts Salt
2 Whole cloves
1/2 ts Freshly ground white
-pepper 1/8 ts Freshly grated nutmeg
-Pinch of dried thyme, -crumbled 1 tb Butter
12 oz Boneless lean center loin
-pork, trimmed of all fat, -cut into 1-inch chunks and -well
chilled 9 oz Fresh pork fat cut from
-loin, fresh bacon or -fatback, well chilled 3 md Eggs
6 tb All-purpose flour
1/4 c Tawny Port
1/4 ts Minced garlic
2 1/2 tb Currants, minced
9 Feet sausage casings,
-rinsed inside and out, -soaked in -cold water 1 hour and
-rinsed again 1/4 c (1/2 stick) butter
Bring milk, onions, carrots, celery, parsley, 3 shallots, garlic
clove, bay leaves, salt, cloves, pepper, nutmeg and thyme just to
boil in heavy 4-quart saucepan over medium heat. Remove from het,
cover and let stand 30 minutes. Refrigerate until mixture is well
chilled, about 2 hours. Meanwhile, melt 1 Tbsp butter in heavy
small skillet over low heat. Add remaining 4 minced shallots. Cover
and cook until very soft, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
Puree with on/off turns in processor with pork, pork fat, eggs,
flour, Port and 1/4 tsp garlic until smooth. Strain milk into
processor, pressing down on solids to extract as much liquid as
possible. Blend into puree. Transfer to large bowl. Stir in
currants. Refrigerate 1 to 8 hours. (If processor has small
capacity, puree in batches.) Cut sausage casings into 3-foot
lengths. Tie knot at one end of each. Gather 1 piece around tip of
pastry bag fitted with 1/2-inch plain tip. Spoon pork mixture into
pastry bag, pressing down to prevent air pockets. Pipe mixture into
casing, twisting casing every 6 inches to create individual
sausages. Tie know at end of casing. Repeat with remaining pork and
casings. Tie twists in sausage with string. Bring 8 quarts water to
boil in stockpot. Remove from heat and add sausages. Return pot to
heat, adjusting as necessary to maintain water just below simmer
(180 F). Cook until sausages are firm to touch, 20 minutes, turning
occasionally. Cool in cold water to retain plumpness. Cut into
individual links. (Can be prepared ahead to this point. Wrap and
refrigerate up to 3 days or freeze up to 2 months.) Melt butter in
heavy skillet over medium heat. Lightly brown sausages on all
sides, about 8 minutes total. Serve hot. (Sausage can also be
grilled.)
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