Pizza Sausage

You can use this meat mixture for just about any spicy concoction.

I use it for pizza meat, meatballs, pizza burgers ...etc. Sometimes I will add a few chopped hot peppers to the mix...Tasty morsels for the eager beaver! It also makes a great Italian sausage link.

5 pounds course-ground pork shoulder

1/3 cup fennel seed

1/4 cup anise seed

3 Tablespoons oregano

2 Tablespoons salt

1 teaspoon pepper

1 Tablespoon olive oil

1/3 cup water

2 Tablespoons grated Romano Cheese

1 teaspoon garlic powder (add more if you are a garlic lover)

Mix altogether and place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours (best overnight)

Use as you would for pizza as(raw) small pieces or can be baked ahead of time as little meat loafs and then crumbled on pizza.

Or, add 2 pounds ground beef to mixture and form into pizza burgers or little meat loafs.

Or, add 2 pounds ground beef to mixture with bread crumbs and 4 eggs to make a great meat-ball for spaghetti with meatballs.

These meat mixtures can be frozen; either raw or cooked ahead of time.