Course: dinner, Main Course, Sausage
Cuisine: Eastern European
Keyword: homemade potato sausage, potato sausage, potato sausage recipe
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 222kcal
Eastern European potato sausage made with diced potatoes, bacon bits, fresh herbs and spices.
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- 2 lbs potatoes peeled and diced about 3/8"
- 1/2 lb bacon cooked and chopped or diced
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt or to taste
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2 medium onions peeled and diced about 1/4"
- 3 cloves garlic peeled and pressed
- 1 cup chopped fresh herbs any one or a combination of parsley, dill, green onion or chives, basil, and cilantro.
- 1 lb ground or diced meat optional; add 1 tsp of kosher salt if adding the meat; you may use chuck, chicken thighs, pork butt, etc.
Soak and rinse the hog casings.
Place the diced potatoes and the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
Stuff the potato mix into the hog casings, not too tightly, and tie them into two links of equal size. Prickle the top with a needle. Stuffing loosely and prickling will help prevent splitting during cooking.
Shape each link into a spiral.
Preheat the steamer. Steam both sausages if the size of the steamer allows, or one by one, for 60 minutes.
Remove the cooked sausages from the steamer and set them aside.
Preheat a skillet with a mix of 1 Tbsp butter and 1 Tbsp cooking oil. Sear the sausages over medium to medium-high heat until well-browned on each side, about a few minutes per side.
Enjoy hot from the pan, with your favorite side dish or a salad.
Any leftovers can be refrigerated and consumed cold the next day or re-heated.
When planning to consume cold, chill the cooked sausage to room temperature and immediately refrigerate in a clean container.
Calories: 222kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 636mg | Potassium: 624mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 647IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 2mg