Below you'll find step-by-step instructions for how to properly remove the casings from your sausages.
Now, you may be tempted to just snip the top off and squeeze the meat out of the casing. If you do, you may leave some sausage meat behind in the casing.
The proper way is to cut the sausage down the middle and then unravel it - preventing food waste and maximizing flavour! See below.
And that should be it. Use it in recipes that tell you to use sausage meat or use it as a substitute for ground pork.
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