thesophisticatedpig Feb 17 1 min Pork Breakfast Sausage I love a good breakfast sandwich. This breakfast sausage is my go-to when I crave a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich. Enjoy....
thesophisticatedpig Feb 17 1 min Pepperoni I finally got around to making pepperoni. Somehow, since you see pepperoni everywhere in the stores, it delayed me from making it. ...
thesophisticatedpig Feb 17 1 min Spanish Salchichon This recipe was one of my first attempts at fermented dried sausage. It is cold smoked and has fermentation culture. I love the result...
thesophisticatedpig Feb 17 1 min Salami Nola This recipe was one of my first attempts at fermented dried sausage. It is cold smoked and has fermentation culture. The result was a...
thesophisticatedpig Feb 13 3 min Pork Pistachio Pate I have never been a fan of liver. Therefore, I haven't attempted pate until now. Let me just say, this recipe appeals to lovers of...
thesophisticatedpig Jan 24, 2020 2 min Back to the Source! Fall 2019 and spring 2020 has and will be spent exploring Spain. In Spain you cannot go into any grocery store (no matter how small)...
thesophisticatedpig Aug 13, 2019 1 min Time for more Dried Sausages! We finished the last of our dried sausage during our 4th of July pool party. The charcuterie plate was devoured by our friends. (Not to...
thesophisticatedpig Jun 7, 2019 1 min Dried Sausage Throwdown - The Voting Results So it's to announce the winner of the dried sausage throwdown that I setup in a blog post a couple of months back. The test was to...
thesophisticatedpig Mar 19, 2019 2 min Dried Pork Sausage Throwdown! - Part 1. Its time to test out the golden rule of sausage making. Does using pork from heritage pigs make a difference?? Every cookbook and...
thesophisticatedpig Feb 9, 2019 3 min How to build a Dry-Curing Chamber Unless you have a year round stable cool temperature basement, when you start to dry-cure sausage you will need some sort of dry-curing...