Italian Head Cheese is a popular Polish sausage which is made from pork and beef

Materials	Original recipe: pork heads, 75% beef head meat, 13% unsalted pork skins, 12%	Modern recipe: pork picnic, beef, pork skins (use picnic skin)	3.5 kg (7.70 lb) 0.65 kg (1.43 lb) 0.6 kg (1.32 lb)
Ingredients	salt, (cure #1 accounted for) cure #1 pepper, caraway garlic		90 g 12 g 15 g 12.5 g 15 g
Instructions	1. Curing: a. cut pork and beef into 2" (5 cm) pieces b. cut skins into manageable size pieces c. mix all with salt and cure #1, pack tightly in a container, cover with parchment and leave in a refrigerator for 72 hours. Skins may be salted only (use salt from the recipe) as they do not contain myoglobin and will not develop curing color. 2. Poach pork and beef at 85º C (185º F) until soft. Add enough water to just cover the meat. Poach skins in little water at 95º C (203º F) until soft. Save stock. 3. Cut pork into 3/4" (2 cm) by 2" (5cm) pieces, cut beef into 3/8" (1 cm) by 2" (5 cm) pieces. Grind skins through 3/16" (3 mm) plate. 4. Mix all meats and ground skins with 10% of meat stock ( in relation to the total weight of raw material). This comes to 500 ml (500g) or 2 cups of meat stock. 5. Stuff loosely into beef bungs, pork stomachs or pork/beef bladders. 6. Poach at 82º C (180º F) for 90-150 minutes (depending on a size) until internal temperature becomes 70º C (158º F). Remove air with a needle from pieces that swim up to the surface. 7. Spread head cheeses on a flat surface at 2-6º C (35-43º F) and let the steam out. Than flatten them with weight and cool them to below 6º C (43º F). If there is no proper cooler available, cool them down to less than 12º C (53º F). After cooling clean head cheeses of any fat and aspic that accumulated on the surface, even them out and cut off excess twine.
Notes	Cure#1 is added for development of color and flavor If pork heads are used, use wet method (brine) of curing You may skip # 1 curing step altogether (no cure #1 necessary), by going directly into step # 2. As a result, meat chunks will not display pink color..