252 recipes & guides

Homemade sausage & ham: recipes and guides

Find your next recipe, or start with the techniques. Browse by type for sausages, ham, charcuterie and the recipes to serve alongside them.

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Bratwurst recipes

Regional classics, international specialities and creations of my own. From coarsely ground to finely chopped.

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Start here Homemade Bratwurst Recipe

Cooked sausage recipes

Finely chopped, scalded, sliced: the big family from Leberkäse and Bockwurst to Mortadella.

Pre-cooked sausage recipes

Liverwurst, blood sausage and everything that is cooked first and then simmered again.

Explore the recipe collections: Liverwurst recipes · Aspic & brawn recipes.

Cured sausage recipes

Air-dried, smoked or spreadable: salami, Mettwurst and fine cured sausages.

Explore the recipe collections: Salami recipes · Cured sausage recipes.

Ham recipes

Dry-cured hams, coppa, lomo and cooked hams. Curing, smoking, maturing.

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Start here Make dry cured ham yourself

Pâtés, terrines & rillettes

French charcuterie: fine pâtés, rustic terrines and savoury rillettes.

Sausage basics & recipe collections

Technique guides, ingredient know-how and curated collections. The craft behind it all.

Start here How to make sausage

Vegetarian spread alternatives

Vegetarian and meat-free spreads with real flavour. For everyone who wants some variety.

Pickles, sauces, chutneys & relishes

What belongs on every cold cuts platter: spicy, sweet and sour sides to make yourself.

Fish, bread & more

More homemade recipes to serve alongside your sausages and charcuterie.

Two homemade Bratwurst, grilled and served on a slate plate with mustard and bread

Free sausage guide

Want to make sausages at home that beat the butcher’s?

I’ll show you what you need, which sausages to start with and the recipes I make again and again.

Daniel twisting a freshly filled sausage into links

Free email course

Want to make great sausages at home, one easy lesson at a time?

Seven short lessons by email: the right equipment and meat, seasoning, and my favorite recipes. At your own pace.