Sun dried tomato and mozzarella sausage recipe

One of my favourite summer sausages, and one of the first sausages i ever made myself. Sun dried tomato and mozzarella sausages pack a huge amount of flavour and moisture. They look superb too, with flecks of red, white and green!

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• 1 kg pork shoulder, diced
• 200 g pork fat
• 125 g ball of mozzarella, diced
• 1/2 bunch of parsley, finely chopped
• 80 g sun dried tomatoes
• 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 2 meters hog casings soaked in warm water

• Place the diced pork and fat in the freezer about an hour ahead of time
• Soak about 2 meters of hog casings in warm water
• Cool the metal parts of your grinder and stuffer before use, if possible
• Remove the diced pork rom the freezer when its got a frozen crust to it
• Grind the pork and fat into a bowl. Keep the bowl chilled whilst you prepare the spices
• Mix all the spice mix ingredients together in a bowl.
• Add all of the ingredients, to the ground pork and fat, and mix thoroughly, then chill in the fridge for 30 mins.
• Re-grind the mixture into a chilled bowl
• Stuff the mixture into the hog casing and twist off into 6 inch links