Categories: Meats, Italian 
      Yield: 4 servings 
  
      8    Foot of sausage casing, 
           - packed in salt 
  1 1/2 lb Boneless pork 
    1/2 lb Fresh pork fat 
      1 tb Salt 
    1/2 ts Freshly ground black pepper 
      2 ts Fennel seeds 
           - lightly crushed 
      2 tb Dry red wine 
  
  SCRAPE THE LOOSE SALT OFF the sausage casing and set the casing in a bowl 
  of cold water to soften for at least 30 minutes. (You will need only about 
  4 feet of casing for this amount of meat, but it's useful to have extra in 
  case of ruptures.) Cut the pork and fat into pieces that will go through 
  your meat grinder and grind them, using the coarse blade. Mix the salt, 
  pepper and fennel seeds thoroughly into the ground meat. (Hands are the 
  best implement.) Then mix in the wine. Drain the casing, open one end 
  gently with your fingers and run a stream of cold water into it, to flush 
  any remaining salt out of the interior. Thread the casing onto the stuffing 
  horn and fit the horn over the meat grinder. Feed the sausage meat through 
  the horn, supporting the emerging tube of sausage with your hands to 
  prevent rips. (Actually, sausage making is much more conveniently done with 
  two people.) When all the sausage meat is in the casing, lay the filled 
  tube on the work surface and pinch it at 4-inch intervals to produce 
  individual sausage links. At the same time, fill and firm any air pockets 
  in the casing. Tie off the links with kitchen string. Coil the sausages 
  onto a plate and set it, uncovered, in the refrigerator to season for 48 
  hours. Turn the sausages over once or twice during that time.