Butcher Boy Makes Our Own Fresh Ground, Hand-Tied Sausages

One of our most popular offerings is sausage. You can serve it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Did you know Butcher Boy makes our own? Since our founding nearly 70 years ago, we’ve been making fresh-ground, hand-tied sausages in all your favorite flavors.

Throughout the year, you can find in our butcher case:

• Sweet Italian Sausage
• Sweet Fennel Sausage
• Hot Italian Sausage
• Tomato & Cheese Sausage
• Garlic & Cheese Sausage
• Chicken Sausage
• Turkey Sausage
• Tomato Sausage – English Style
• Breakfast Sausage
• Steak & Cheese Sausage

We can provide sausage out of the casing, too. Just ask the butcher!

So what’s the best way to prepare sausage? Cooking can be difficult to master using a single technique because grilling or frying can mean the sausage crisps up quickly on the outside, leaving the inside undercooked or dry. One popular way around that challenge is to parboil sausages before throwing them on a grill or into the frying pan. This method ensures that the insides cook more quickly and the casing won’t burn. The result is perfectly crisp, but tender, juicy sausage.

There are two general tips to follow, no matter your cooking method:

1. Bring the sausages to room temperature. Take them out of the fridge about 20 minutes before you start cooking. This will help them cook evenly, and there’s less chance that the skins will break as they cook.
2. Don’t pierce your sausages. While some might believe poking a few holes in the meat will keep it from breaking open, it isn’t necessary, and you risk losing a lot of tasty juices in the cooking process.

What are your favorite ways to eat sausage? Sweet or hot Italian links with peppers and onions is a favorite cookout addition to burgers and hot dogs.

Sausage goes great with pasta dishes as well. This recipe with sausage and orecchiette and greens manages to be both quick and light.

Visit us at Butcher Boy to see all the options and ask us for cooking suggestions. Don’t forget you can get just about everything else on your grocery list, from snacks and appetizers to desserts, too.

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