Making homemade Italian pork sausage for crumbles on pizza dip or homemade pizzas has never been easier! Try this on my new meat lover’s pizza dip as well!
Why I Think You’ll Love This Recipe!
- This is a frugal way to make your own Italian-flavored pork sausage at home with no additives!
- This is a great time-saving recipe; you can batch-make the pork crumbles and cook them in smaller portions, freeze the packages for up to 3 months, then simply defrost them when needed.
Make Ahead & Freeze For Recipes
I split this batch into two half-pound portions: one portion I used on my Meat Lover’s Pizza Dip and the other half-pound I used in my Johnny Marzetti recipe. You can also use this in my Creamy Sausage Potato Soup.
After the refrigeration time, simply portion the meat into freezer-safe bags. Press the bags flat, remove the air, seal, and freeze lying flat. Use within 6 months of freezing.
Customize to Your Tastes
This recipe can be made in larger batches, simply use the scaling feature on the recipe card. You can also customize this so easily to your own tastes.
- Double the seasoning for a deeper flavor.
- Add red pepper flakes for a spicier sausage.
- Try using other spice blends, like Cajun Seasoning or even Chicken Seasoning which both pair nicely with pork.
Salt Then Refrigerate
Here’s some kitchen science for you: by salting the ground sausage and then refrigerating it, the salt helps to break down the protein strands in the meat. This achieves the “gel” texture of sausage meat compared to plain ground meat. The meat will stick together in clumps that are more like sausage than just frying up the seasoned ground meat.
Check out the photo above that shows how nicely the sausage crumbles cook together after the salting method!
I hope you enjoy this little recipe hack of mine! I definitely won’t be buying any seasoned ground sausage from the store anymore now that I’ve made this at home!
Happy Cooking!
Love,
Karlynn
Homemade Italian Pork Sausage
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place the ground pork in a medium size mixing bowl and add the Italian seasoning and the salt.
- Mix until the seasonings are incorporated throughout the pork.
- Place the meat in a closed container and refrigerate for at least an hour before using. It can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days before using.
- To freeze, portion out if needed – I like to do half pound portions – and freeze flat in freezer safe bags for up to three months.
Notes
- Play around with seasonings to create different flavors!
Nutrition
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