Truffle And Pistachio Sausage
Recipe By: Jacques Pepin
2 pounds ground pork shoulder -- 20 to 25 percent fat (sometimes
called Boston Butt)
1/4 cup dry -- fruity white wine
1 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoons Morton Tender Quick Curing Salt -- see note
1/3 cup shelled -- unsalted pistachios
1/4 cup coarsely chopped black truffle -- optional
Put the ground pork into a large bowl. Add the wine, garlic, pepper,
curing salt, pistachios, and truffles, if using. Mix well with your
hands. Divide the mixture in half. Form and press each half into a
sausage about 8-inches long and 2-inches in diameter. Take care to
press the mixture firmly enough to eliminate air bubbles, which would
result in unsightly holes in the sausages. Wrap individually in
plastic wrap, twisting the ends to enclose the sausages, and then
roll each of them in aluminum foil, twisting the ends of the foil.
Refrigerate for at least 3 days to cure. (Freeze 1 of the sausages,
if desired, and thaw it slowly in the refrigerator before cooking.)
The very important part of poaching these sausages is to do it at a
low temperature for a long time. This makes a big difference in the
taste and juiciness of the meat. Bring a pot of water to between 150
and 160 degrees F. Lower the wrapped sausages into the pot, and place
a heavy lid that is a little smaller than the top of the pot on top
of the sausages to weigh them down in the pot and keep them immersed
in the water. Cook in the same temperature range, checking the pot
occasionally, for about 1 hour, or until the internal temperature of
the sausages is close to the same temperature as the water, about 150
degrees F. To keep warm, let the sausages sit in the 150 to 160
degrees F water until serving time.
Note: Morton Tender Quick Curing Salt is a curing agent composed of
99 percent salt, 1/2 percent sodium nitrate, and 1/2 percent sodium
nitrite. If you use regular salt the sausages will be fine to eat but
will be gray in color rather than the appealing pink color achieved
with the curing agent.
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 72 hours
Cook Time: 1 hour
Yield: 2 sausages
Recipe Notes
He served this sliced atop a lovely looking fingerling potato salad.
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