Sicilian-Style Hot or Sweet Sausage

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 pounds pork shoulder cubed
• 1/2 pound pork fat cubed
• 2 1/2 tablespoons salt or to taste
• 3 teaspoons black pepper coarse
• 3 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 2 cloves garlic minced

Instructions

1. Prepare the casings.
2. Grind the meat and fat together through the coarse disk.
3. Mix the remaining ingredients together with the meat and fat.
4. Stuff the mixture into casings and twist off into three- or four-inch Refrigerate and use within three days or freeze.