What can I make with Italian sausage?
- Italian sausage is a favorite for use in soups, stews, risotto, and pasta dishes. Other uses include cutting it into slices to be eaten as a snack food, as a luncheon meat, or ground and used in many different food dishes and stuffings.
How do you know when ground sausage is cooked?
Place in lengthwise in the center of the sausage and cook to an internal temperature of 160-165 F.
(If there is any poultry in the sausage, be sure to cook it to 165F; if it is beef and/or pork, 160F will suffice).
How do you brown ground sausage in a pan?
Place sausages in pan or skillet. Use a spatula or tongs to turn the sausages frequently so that they’ll cook evenly. Cook for about 14 to 16 minutes until the sausages are browned on all sides.
Do you cook Italian sausage in casing?
Casing removal should only really be necessary when you just want the sausage meat itself. The casings are perfectly edible. If you’re finding them chewy, I’d suggest roasting them, you that they fry a little in the fat that renders out, which should crisp them up nicely.
How do you break up Italian sausage?
Steps
- Remove sausage meat from casings.
- In a large nonstick skillet, cook sausage on medium-high 10–12 min., until sausage is browned and crumbled, using a spatula to break up meat.
- With a slotted spoon, transfer sausage from skillet, discarding any rendered fat.