Basic British Pork Sausage | Jeff’s Eats | Umami

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of boned and skinned shoulder of pork
• 4 pig's cheeks, trimmed
• 1/2 pound skinned pork back fat
• 1 brown onion, peeled and very finely chopped
• 1 1/2 TBS unsalted butter
• 1/4 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
• 1/4 tsp fresh sage, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and minced (optional)
• pinch ground mace
• 2 slices of stale good dry white bread, crusts removed and crumbled
• 1 medium free range egg, beaten lightly
• Worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper
• about 4 meters (4 1/2 yards) sausage skins, well washed
• 25 - 50g of lard for frying (2 - 4 TBS)