Adjusting Sausage and Shells Recipe for Larger Batches: Tips for Making 2.5-3 Pounds of Sausage

[danedon]

If you are making sausage and shells or sausage and curls, and you know your teen is going fishing for the sausages, I want to make 2.5 or 3 pounds of sausage do you have to do anything different? I have always done 2lbs but thinking need more meat so there is leftover with meat and not just noodles.

 

[andre002]

I always mess with the sausage to noodles ratio and the time doesn’t need adjusted (nor the liquid).

 

[danedon]

@andre002 Thank you, just want to put a little extra meat for 'others'

 

[andre002]

@danedon good plan. I usually double everything but the pasta and liquids and omit the cream when I make it. It’s a super versatile recipe.

 

[yaqub_ibn_david]

Bacon, maybe some nice rib meat also!

 

[danedon]

@yaqub_ibn_david His whole day is wrapped in bacon

 

[yaqub_ibn_david]

@danedon then you are doing it right my dear

 

[sarakerosene]

I make it like the recipe and love it!

 

[whereismysalvation]

@sarakerosene ok. But the OP is asking if anyone has advice for adding more meat.

 

[mattinengland]

Just go with the flow! Man adding bacon might actually make it taste better!

 

[joshuavargas]

@mattinengland What doesn't taste better with bacon?

 

[mattinengland]

@joshuavargas right!!

 

[ramlatus]

One idea, in addition to the sausage in the normal recipe grill/fry up a package of sausage links and plop one of those down on his serving if the sausage and shells.

 

[billym]

I crumble up the sausages (squeeze out of the casings), fry it like ground beef = no more fishing . You could also buy ground pork and season it like sausage. That's a bit cheaper than sausages in my area. Adding fennel and italian seasoning makes it taste like Italian sausage.

 

[alexde777roger]

@billym this is what I do

 

[epeanut]

@billym I use ground Italian sausage.

 

[soldierofsoul]

@epeanut same. We like less meat, so 1lb ground sausage, more spinach and tomatoes.

 

[billym]

@epeanut sometimes I chop mushrooms in the food processor and sub it for half the meat. Meat has gotten expensive, at least where we are.

 

[gracethroughfaith]

I use ground sausage instead.

 

[vlo]

My son always reminds me he’s a carnivore and attacks most meat that way.