Massale' Chicken Sausage

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gremlin

Meat Mopper
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OTBS Member
May 27, 2006
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10
Oshawa Ontario Canada
10 lbs chicken thighs or breasts
2lbs Pork fat

ingredients:
Massale' 5 tablespoons (RECIPE BELOW)
Tumeric 1Tablespoon
Kosher salt NOT table salt
start with 4 to 6 teaspoons
you can adjust later. I personally don't like a lot of salt but that's just me
Dried Pommegranet seeds 1/2 cup
Debone the thighs or breasts leave the skin and fat on the chicken.
cube all the meat mix in the spices and let sit overnight in the fridge to meld the flavours.
Grind using you favouite plate size and case in Lamb or pork casings.
the lamb casings will produce a smaller breakfast size sausage.
Recipe to make:
MASSALE'

2Tbsp coriander seeds
2tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp cardamom pods
1tsp whole cloves
1 small piece of a cinnamon stick ( 1 or 2 inches)
1tsp ground hot chili
1 tsp grated nutmeg

dry roast all the dry spices until lightly coloured ( don't let em burn)
then add the nutmeg and the chili.
you can make this Massale' and store in an airtight container for three months
this recipe for Massale can be adjusted to favour a flavour you may like.
Alittle less of this a little more of that.....change it up a little
You may want to double or triple this and store what's left.

alternately you can probably use 7 lbs lamb and 3lbs pork and adjust fat content by 30 pecent

The flavour in this sausage is intense and aromatic'
The Tumeric gives it that earthy punch and the yellow kinda colour so it will be easy to know what sausage you have in the freezer bag and the pommagranet gives it a little burst of tangy sour
The Massale recipe is froma book called
Blending Herbs and Spices
the cooks reference
by Jill Norman
A really handy book to have by the way
Any questions feel free to ask.
 
Chris,
Do you grind the ingredients of the Massale'?
 
Hi Earl
Yes I use a coffee grinder that I use strictly for spice,
just remember not to dry roast the nutmeg because it will melt and that is a bad thing.

If you can't find the Pomagranet seeds try a lebanese, Iranian or far eastern type store.
Up here it's sold by the pound.
Failing that you might try to find a bottle of pomagranet juice from concentrate in your local grocery store. amount will of course vary as to quantity of meats.
 
Chris, I don't have a coffee grinder, but I can weld a mean pestle in my mortar!! :P
 
Chris that recipe you put forth speaks in volumes of flavor! Thank you! I, too, have a mortar and pestle as well as an electric coffee grinder. I use the coffee grinder when I wish to do up a quantity of an herb and the mortar and pestle for a single recipe of a combination of herbs and spices. Both are must haves!
Towards fall I will have an overabundance of fresh chicken. Seems like that will be a great time to experiment with your recipe! I will keep you posted!
Cheers!
Monty
 
Great I look forward to the feed back.
I had a nice mortor and pestle but I dropped it and well.....poor old humpty couldn't be fixed. now I have to get another.
Thanks srmonty.
By the way I was wondering about the SR .
Did you get to kneel before the Queen and get the kiss of the sword LOL
 
Hey, Chris!
Here goes on the SR....My first name and middle initial. Stephen Ross. THe Monty is for Montgomery. A fine name I am proud of and for many centuries a strong clan of Scotland!
Now, when dealing with the likes of our smoking family and in the true spirit of camaraderie it was either Brother Earl D, AKA Dutch, or Florida Jeff, AKA SoFlaQer who corrupted my screen name of srmonty into Sir Monty. I couldn't fight it and I sorta came to like it. SO. that's how the Sir Monty came about.
Now about the kneeling part... I kneel before no one and I stand proudly before all! I've earned that right!
All that aside you have the green light to call me Monty, Sir Monty, srmonty, Steve, or whatever! Hope this removes the mystery that my brothers seem to have created around my name! And to be truthful...I've had some real chuckles over it! God Bless you all!
Cheers!
Monty
 
HEY!!I resemble that remark!! :P
 
Well, Dutch, I could not remember for sure who brought about the Sir Monty. You just cemented it! Caught in your own downdraft! Hee Hee!
Cheers!
Monty
 
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