english bangers
English Bangers are simply English pork sausages. The banger part comes from cooking them and they pop occasionally, hence the bang. The beauty of making your own sausage, you know exactly what is in it, no strange chemical names, no preservatives. These are the perfect addition to mashed potatoes and a side peas, aptly named, Bangers & Mash.
yield
2 lb sausage links
prep time
20 Min
method
No-Cook or Other
Ingredients For english bangers
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1 kgground pork, (2 lb)
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2 3/4 tspsalt
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1/4 tspground ginger
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1/4 tspground sage
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1/8 tspground mace or nutmeg
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1/2 tspwhite pepper powder
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1/4 cdry bread crumbs
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1/3 ccold water
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sausage casings, natural or collagen
How To Make english bangers
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1In a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients except the casings.
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2Mix together with your hands.
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3If using natural hog casings, salted or dry, follow the instructions on the package to prep them. If using collagen casings, use them dry.
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4Stuff the casings with your preferred method, such as a sausage stuffer, a stuffer tube on a meat grinder, a hand held stuffer (my preference), or even a funnel.
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5I use 28 mm (1.10 inches) collagen casings. To prep them, I tie a knot on the end then pull it out to 7 1/2 inches and cut it off, use a pin or toothpick and poke a hole near the knotted end, this allows air to escape when you start filling, and repeat for 10 or so casings.
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6Now this step requires two people. Pick up a sausage, pinch the open end down to the meat, get the air out, and twist two times, have another person tie with a string. Repeat for all of the links.
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7Trim off the excess string and casing, then use a toothpick or needle, and poke 3 holes in each sausage, one on each end, one in the middle, this reduces the possibility of it "banging" or popping during cooking. Sausages are now ready to be pan fried or frozen. Once cooked, simply snip off the strings before serving.
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