Meats and Sausages
Morcilla Blanca
White sausage (Morcilla blanca, "blanco" means white in Spanish) is a variety of morcilla which is made without blood, so technically speaking it is not a blood sausage, but a cooked sausage (salchicha cocida). This nomenclature is not reserved to Spanish sausages, but is also used by other countries: England – White Pudding (English call blood sausage a “pudding”, France – Boudin Blanc (blanc means white in French), Poland – Biała Kaszanka (biały means white in Polish, blood sausage is usually called Kaszanka or Kiszka Krwista). The processing steps remain the same as the ones for black morcilla, however without blood the sausage develops a lighter color.
| Meats | Metric | US |
|---|---|---|
| Lean pork | 500 g | 1.10 lb |
| Fat (pork back fat, belly, fat trimmings, dewlap, jowls) | 300 g | 0.66 lb |
| Cream | 200 ml | 7 oz fl |
Ingredients per 1000g (1 kg) of meat
| Salt | 18 g | 3 tsp |
| White pepper | 3.0 g | 1 ½ tsp |
| Cinnamon | 1.0 g | ½ tsp |
| Cloves, ground | 0.5 g | 1/4 tsp |
| Nutmeg | 1.0 g | ½ tsp |
| Whole egg, beaten | 1 egg | 1 |
| Onion, chopped | 60 g | 1 onion |
| Parsley, chopped | 1 Tbs | 1 Tbsp |
Instructions
- Chop onion finely and fry in a little fat (oil) until glassy and gold.
- Grind pork and back fat through 3 mm (1/8") plate.
- Mix the beaten egg, cream and all ingredients in a blender. If no blender available, mix manually.
- Pour over ground meat and mix everything well together.
- Stuff into 32-36 mm hog casings, forming 15 cm (6") links.
- Cook in water at 80º C (176º F) 40 min. Do not boil, the sausages may burst open.
- Store in a refrigerator.
Notes
Eat cold, heat in water, fry or grill.
Lean pork - meat can come from shoulder, rear leg (ham), pork head, lean meat trimmings, tongue, as well as small amount of liver or kidneys.
Optional - adding saffron flakes (flowers) will create sausage with a yellowish color.
Lean pork - meat can come from shoulder, rear leg (ham), pork head, lean meat trimmings, tongue, as well as small amount of liver or kidneys.
Optional - adding saffron flakes (flowers) will create sausage with a yellowish color.
