Romanian Link Sausages (mici)
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 lb ground beef - 73% lean (the fat is necessary!)
- 1 tsp (full) salt
- 1 tsp (leveled) baking soda
- 1/8 tsp (leveled) ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp (leveled) black pepper
- 1/8 tsp (leveled) basil
Optional:
- 1/4 tsp (leveled) dill
- 1/4 tsp (leveled) parsley flakes
- 2 oz beef broth
- 1 garlic bulb
Preparation
Smash the garlic, then add the beef broth and all the spices. Mix
thoroughly the composition with the meat. Leave in the fridge
overnight. Make the sasusages just before cooking.
The above quantities yield approx 20 pcs. (1" dia, 3"-4" long)
Misc
In Romanian, mici literarily means "small". Lots of
funny advertisements in Romanian restaurants, e.g., "we serve big
mici"!
Courtesy Claudiu Stan; web editing Alex Salcianu, 2004.