Best Fresh Kielbasa Recipes

KIELBASA, HOMEMADE KIELBASA, FRESH POLISH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Put the garlic through a garlic press or mince really fine. Put the seasonings into a small pot with a pint of water. Boil and then cool. Here's where my Mom always said taste it and I wouldn't. That could account for the variance in taste from year to year!
• Meanwhile, cut the pork off the bone. Cut into strips maybe 1" by 3". Doesn't have to be exact size, we get pretty sloppy with it. Strips go through the grinder better than chunks. Don't trim anything off, unless you just can't stand not to. Trust me, if there's not enough fat, the kielbasa will be dry and hard. DO trim off any bloody-type stuff though. We then put the meat into plastic dishpans, pour the cool liquid over, add about 4 cups ice cubes and mix together until your hands freeze. It should be kinda sloppy. If not, add more water or ice. Cover with aluminum foil or such and put in fridge over night to marinate so the meat soaks up the flavor. Stir occasionally. The ice will probably all be melted the next day before you make the sausage. The meat kind of absorbs the flavors. Yes, it will smell up the fridge. In fact, it will smell up the whole house! Open the windows. Make the neighbors crazy!
• Next day, take the casings out and soak in warm water for several hours; it makes them more flexible. Cut in 4 ft. lengths. Shove the meat in the freezer for 1/2 to 1 hour before you start. The meat stiffens up a little and it's easier to put through the grinder. (We forget to do this a lot!) Stick one end of each casing on the faucet and run warm water through the inside of the casing.
• Ready? (Keep everything as cold as you can) This is the fun part. Put a little oil on your hand and run it over the horn where the meat will come out. Run casing through fingers to drain slightly. Put a casing on the horn. One person helps push the meat through the grinder while the other holds the casing while it is filling up. It kinda curls up as you hold it. I find for me that it's better if I hold it up while it's filling, less pressure on the casing. We make each one about 12-16". Or until it splits! Tie it off with string or knot the end if you can get it close to the end of the filled casing. Some people twist it every 6" or so to make smaller sausages. If the darn thing splits, you gotta scrape out the meat, dump it back with the other stuff in the dishpan and start over. Some years you're lucky, but some years the darn things split all the time. That's one reason for soaking the casings for a longer time, they don't split as easily. Sometimes it's just a bad batch of casings. Then all you can do is swear at it.
• We put the coils of sausage back into clean dishpans (on a rack if possible) and put back into fridge to kinda dry overnight. Then we pack them in Saran, aluminum foil, ziplock bags, anything that will keep the smell in, and put the packages in the freezer. We make 2-3 lb. packages. Since I have a vacuum sealer, I use that. It works really great.
• By the way, the sausage is pale because it is not smoked. We don't care for smoked kielbasa. But you can smoke it before freezing. Can't help you with that, though!
• We've been able to keep the sausage frozen for months. Just keep everything cold and clean while you're working. Keep a lot of paper towels handy to dry hands, answer the doggone telephone, etc.
• We have found over the years, that pork has become much leaner now.That is sometimes a problem. We've considered buying more fat and mixing it in but never have. It worked out all right just not cutting off any fat. But insufficient fat makes for dry sausage.
• It takes up about 1-1/2 hours altogether to fill the casings. It's really simple and easy. Of course sometimes we have splashes on the walls when "someone" gets a little rough pushing the meat through the grinder. Hey, that's the fun of it. It's a messy job, but someone has to do it.
• Oh yeah, the house smells for 3-4 days. But it smells good. If you like garlic. All the seasonings are to your personal taste. You really need a lot of salt though. The pepper -- eh, how much do you like? We like a lot. Same with the garlic.
• We keep a little of the ground meat and cook a couple of small patties of the sausage. That's when you can taste it and find out what you did wrong in the seasoning, too late, of course.
• Use the plate in the grinder which grinds the meat coarse. It's better if the meat is a little chunky. You don't want a mealy texture.
• If you run a search on google, you can find other information under kielbasa.
• One recipe I found says to knead meat and seasonings. Supposedly the more you knead, the more tender the sausage. We've never tried that.
• In recent years, we've set aside 3-4 lbs. of the ground sausage meat and made it into small patties like breakfast sausage, and larger patties like hamburgers. The grandkids really like that. We do, too. But for Easter and Christmas, it has to be the links.

KIELBASA, HOW TO COOK FRESH HOMEMADE KIELBASA

Steps:

• If the kielbasa is frozen, thaw it a little. Place fresh kielbasa in pot with 1 quartered onion, several peppercorns, garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon marjoram (optional) and half a bay leaf. The addition of spices helps replace the seasoning that boils out during cooking.
• Add enough boiling water to cover.
• Cover and simmer on very LOW heat for about 50-60 minutes. Too rapid boiling may cause the sausage to burst. DO NOT prick sausages; they become dry. Let cool in cooking liquid.
• Sausage comes out moist and delicious, but not brown.
• Can be frozen after cooking. Wrap very well. Vac seal if you can.

FRESH KIELBASA WITH SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Brown kielbasa and pork,set aside.
• Drain all but 2 tablespoons fat.
• Add apple juice, onions, carrots, apple, parsley, bay leaves,garlic salt,caraway seeds, and chicken broth; simmer cover for 20 minutes.
• Stir in saurerkrat,wine,sugar,pork ribs and kielbasa that you cut into 1/4 slices.
• Bake, covered,1 hour at 350 degrees.
• Serve with mashed potatoes and good rye bread& butter.

FRESH KIELBASA AND CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3 quart stock pot:.
• • Brown the kielbasa, remove and cut into bite size portions then return to pot. NOTE: While browning the sausage you made need to add a small amount of oil to aide in browning.
• • Slice onion into shreds and add to pot.
• • Slice mushrooms and add to pot.
• • Sauté sausage, onion and mushrooms at medium / med low heat for approximately 10 minute in the oils in the pot left by the browning of the sausage.
• • While sautéing sausage, onions and mushrooms, prep the cabbage by slicing into long thin shreds.
• • Add the cabbage to the sauté mix and continue to sauté.
• • Add the caraway seed.
• • Salt and pepper to taste.
• • Add enough chicken broth to cover the ingredients in the pot plus.
• • Stir in the tomato paste.
• • Bring to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for approximately 20 minutes.

FRESH HOME MADE KIELBASA

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients, including 2 cups water mix until well blended.
• 2. Soak casings in 6 cups water.
• 3. Using about a foot of casings for 1 pound of meat mixture, Stuff the casings.
• 4. Keep unused casings wet while working if they start to dry out they will tear.
• 5. COOKING:
• 6. You can boil, brown, or smoke the Kielbasa sausage

FRESH HOMEMADE KIELBASA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix all ingredients (including 2 cups warm water) until well blended.
• Soak casings in 6 cups warm water.
• Using about one foot of casing for one pound of meat mixture, stuff the casings.
• Keep unused casings wet while working, if they start to dry out, they will tear.
• Use in your favorite kielbasa recipes.
• Kielbasa can be frozen for later use.

FRESH KIELBASA RECIPE - (2.9/5)

Steps:

• 1 If the kielbasa is frozen, thaw it a little. Place fresh kielbasa in pot with 1 quartered onion, several peppercorns, garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon marjoram (optional) and half a bay leaf. The addition of spices helps replace the seasoning that boils out during cooking. 2 Add enough boiling water to cover. 3 Cover and simmer on very LOW heat for about 50-60 minutes. Too rapid boiling may cause the sausage to burst. DO NOT prick sausages; they become dry. Let cool in cooking liquid. 4 Sausage comes out moist and delicious, but not brown. 5 Can be frozen after cooking. Wrap very well. Vac seal if you can. Y

FRESH KIELBASA

Steps:

• 1. Mince garlic fine. Saute the seasonings in bacon fat drippings. after cooked down add a pint of water. Boil & cool. 2. Cut the pork off the bone & into strips maybe 1" by 3". Strips go through the grinder better than chunks. Don't trim if not enough fat, the kielbasa will be dry and hard.-trim off any bloody-type stuff though. Put the meat into storage bins, pour the cool seasoned liquid over, add about 4 cups ice cubes and KNEAD together until your hands freeze. It should be kinda sloppy. If not, add more water or ice. Cover in fridge over night to marinate so the meat soaks up the flavor. Stir occasionally. meat absorbs the flavors. 3. Next day, soak casings in warm water for 3 hours to make flexible. Cut in 4 ft. lengths. Put meat in the freezer for 1/2 to 1 hour before you start to stiffen meat -it's easier to put through the grinder. Stick one end of each casing on the faucet, run warm water through the inside of casing 4. Put a little oil on your hand & run it over the horn where meat comes out. Run casing through fingers to drain slightly. Put a casing on the horn. One person helps push the meat through the grinder while the other holds the casing while it is filling up. It kinda curls up as you hold it up while it's filling, less pressure on the casing. make to desired length. Or until it splits! Tie it off with string or knot the end. or for links twist it every 6" or so to make smaller sausages. 5. Put back in fridge after making sausage/ links to dry overnnight. Then freeze in 2 LB. packages. . 6. To cook, boil sausage for at least 45 minutes. consider 4 oz serving per person. 7. Serve with ketchup, mustard, horseradish.

FRESH KIELBASA WITH SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Brown kielbasa and pork,set aside.
• Drain all but 2 tablespoons fat.
• Add apple juice, onions, carrots, apple, parsley, bay leaves,garlic salt,caraway seeds, and chicken broth; simmer cover for 20 minutes.
• Stir in saurerkrat,wine,sugar,pork ribs and kielbasa that you cut into 1/4 slices.
• Bake, covered,1 hour at 350 degrees.
• Serve with mashed potatoes and good rye bread& butter.