Italian Sausage

So, in making the sausage-stuffed potatoes, we decided to get ground pork instead of real sausage (ground pork is like a buck, whereas sausage here in Seattle is like 3 bucks). We looked for some way to flavor it though and stumbled upon this. It turned out great; we both actually like the flavor of this more than the store stuff.

Pork ........................................1 lb
Red Wine .............................2 oz
Salt......(pickling)...................1 1/2 tsp
Fennel.....................................1 1/2 tsp
Black pepper........................1/8 tsp
Ground coriander................1/4 tsp
Oregano................................1/2 tsp
Garlic powder.......................1/8 tsp
Caraway seed......................1/8 tsp

The items in red we actually didn't have or we never have (red wine). To these items we added ground cumin and paprika (about as much as the garlic powder). This recipe officially made me a believer in cumin, it really makes this sausage delicious. We'll have to update this post if we ever add fennel or coriander to this.