The sausagemeat used in Delia's recipes

Asked on 23 Nov 2019 by vivsim

Some of Delia's recipes (e.g. Etty's sausage rolls) call for sausage meat. When I lived in England, I would buy it from the local butcher but, here in Ontario, Canada, sausage meat is rarely offered and, when it is, it's either 'hot Italian' or it contains a lot of sweetener (e.g. maple syrup or honey).
I have tried removing the filling from ready-made pork sausages but the results were disappointing.
Will you kindly let me know how to make a sausage meat that would be equivalent to that which Delia's recipes require?
Thank you very much.

Lindsey, Food Editor replied

Hello,

I’m sorry for the late reply but it’s the busiest time of year for our sausagemeat supplier.

He says to make just over a kilo of sausagemeat…

Coarsely (8mm) mince 700g lean pork with 120g pork fat. Then add 150g white breadcrumbs, 150g finely chopped onion, 16g salt, 3g ground white pepper, 1g freshly ground black pepper, 40g dried chopped sage, 1g each of ground coriander & ground ginger. Mix everything thoroughly then shallow fry a small piece to taste and adjust the seasoning.

Best wishes

Lindsey