Greek Loukanika sausage recipe

This super tasty greek sausage, made from both pork and lamb is a cracking summer treat - with the orange zest really setting it apart from other sausages!

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• 800 g pork shoulder, diced
• 200 g pork fat
• 400 g lamb shoulder, diced
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic minced
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 2 tsp fresh thyme, finely chopped
• zest of 1 orange
• 2 meters hog casings soaked in warm water

• Place the diced pork, diced lamb and fat in the freezer about an hour ahead of time
• Soak about 2 meters of hog casings in warm water
• Cool the metal parts of your grinder and stuffer before use, if possible
• Fry the onion and garlic on a low heat until the onion is translucent, don’t brown it. Leave it to cool
• Remove the diced pork and lamb from the freezer when its got a frozen crust to it
• Grind the pork, lamb and fat into a bowl. Keep the bowl chilled whilst you prepare the spices
• Mix all the spice mix ingredients together in a bowl, along with the cooked onion and garlic once cooled.
• Add all of the ingredients, to the ground pork, lamb and fat and mix thoroughly, then chill in the fridge for 30 mins.
• Re-grind the mixture into a chilled bowl
• Stuff the mixture into the hog casing and twist off into 6 inch links