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Green Cotechino Sausage - Verde

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Recipe

This homemade sausage has a wonderful texture and outstanding flavor with a slight greenish tinge from the swiss chard and kicked up a notch with Frangelico liquor.

 

Yield

24 servings

Prep

2 hrs

Cook

1 hrs

Ready

4 hrs
Trans-fat Free, Low Carb, Sugar-Free, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
4 pounds pork
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1 pound pork fat
or pork skin cooked in water for 45 min. drained, freezed and ground twice
2 cups swiss chard
cooked and squeezed of all liquid
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¾ cup onions
cooked, chopped
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½ cup frangelico
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3 tsp salt
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¾ cup Parmesan cheese
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1 teaspoon sugar
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2 teaspoons black pepper
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¾ teaspoons sage
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½ teaspoon nutmeg
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½ teaspoon marjoram
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teaspoon cinnamon
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2 tablespoons butter
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1.8 kg pork
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453.6 g pork fat
or pork skin cooked in water for 45 min. drained, freezed and ground twice
473 ml swiss chard
cooked and squeezed of all liquid
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177 ml onions
cooked, chopped
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118 ml frangelico
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3 tsp salt
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177 ml Parmesan cheese
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5 ml sugar
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1E+1 ml black pepper
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3.8 ml sage
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2.5 ml nutmeg
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2.5 ml marjoram
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0.6 ml cinnamon
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3E+1 ml butter
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3E+1 ml olive oil
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Directions

Cut pork into cubes and partially freeze before grinding.

Grind through a small plate. Freeze and grind pork skin (after boiling) twice through a small plate.

Heat a large skillet over medium-high, add butter and olive oil, add the onions and garlic and cook until softened but not coloured.

Add the Swiss chard, cook until all liquid has evaporated, remove from heat and cool completely.

Grind the chard + onion mixture through a small plate.

Add all ingredients to a stand mixer bowl and mix at low speed for 5 minutes.

Stuff into sausage casings and link into 9 inch sausages.

To cook:

Simmer, but do not boil over low heat for about one hour. Slice thickly and serve with polenta or as desired. The also grill wonderfully.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 108g (3.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 31666% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 23g 35%
Saturated Fat 8g 42%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 88mg 29%
Sodium 109mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Sugars g
Protein 49g
Vitamin A 5% Vitamin C 3%
Calcium 6% Iron 6%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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