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Seafood Sausage


Sausage doesn't have to just mean pork. Seafood sausage is an interesting twist to the usual Italian sausage we all know. Here is a simple recipe for making sausage from shrimp or other shellfish if you prefer.

Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs raw shrimp, fresh or thawed if bought frozen
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 small sweet onion or shallot
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
  • 3 eggs beaten
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • pinch of sea or kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
  • You can easily thaw frozen shrimp but placing them in a bowl of cool water. After a few minutes, pour off the water and fill up the bowl again with cool water. The shrimp will thaw in about ten minutes or so.

    Peel the shells from the raw shrimp and grind. Once ground, keep the seafood chilled. Finely chop the red bell pepper and mince the garlic and onion or shallot. Finely chop the parsley and mix all ingredients in with the chilled, ground shellfish. Form sausage patties or stuff into casings.

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