Home Sausage Making – Instructions for Making Homemade Sausage

Assemble your meat grinder or stand-mixture grinder attachment according to your instruction manual. Choose whether you want to use the coarse or fine die (in this photo, we're using the coarse die), and place a bowl under the mouth of the grinder to catch the meat. On a KitchenAid stand mixer, turn the mixer on to a slow speed (i.e., setting #2) and begin adding the meat mixture to the grinder. Alternate adding pieces of meat and fatback, and use the wooden stomper to push the meat through the grinder feed tube. When all the meat is ground, add any additional seasonings, such as liquids or chopped garlic, and mix well with your hands or a wooden spoon, working lightly to keep fat from melting.