Cumberland Sausage

Ingredients

• 6 ounces pork fat minced
• 1 pound pork shoulder boned
• skinned
• minced
• 1 ounce bread crumbs stale
• 1/2 slice bacon smoked
• 1 x salt
• 1 x black pepper
• 1 x nutmeg
• 1 x mace

Instructions

1. Mix the shoulder and the fat.
2. Add 8 tablespoons hot water to the crumbs.
3. Mix everything together (use your hands), seasoning well with pepper, and adding a generous pinch of both the spices.
4. Fry a spoonful of the sausage to test the seasoning.
5. Fill the sausage casings as usual.
6. Prick in a few places and allow to sit overnight before cooking.
7. These are very good baked in a buttered baking dish at 350F (180C) F until browned.
8. Turn after 20 minutes, and raise the heat if the sausages are cooking too slowly.