Spicy beef sausages

Name: Spicy beef sausages (Butifarras)
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 450 g/1 lb beef skirt (flank); 450 g/1 lb beef skirt (flank); 115 g/¼ lb pork belly; 1 garlic clove, chopped; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp black pepper; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp ground cumin; pinch of ground allspice; 12.5 ml/2½ tsp salt; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/½ cup water (if piping); natural sausage casing

Butifarras

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Colombia and Venezuela

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2015

About

Butifarras are enjoyed at carnival time, when they are eaten on the streets, served with cornbread rolls called bolos. With the right equipment, either a piping bag, or a sausage-making machine, and casings, you can also make them at home.

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb beef skirt (flank)
115 g/¼

Americas
Colombia
Venezuela
Snack
South America

Method

Dice the meats, place into a food processor with the garlic and spices and 7.5ml/1½ tsp salt and add the water if piping. Process until smooth. If using a sausage-making machine, pipe the mixture, knotting it every 2.5cm/1in.
If using a piping bag