ISO Basil, Italian Sausage, Firestick, BL5c batt

Made these last night and they were great. Such a unique flavor and I'm anxious to taste the ones I reserved as leftovers to see how the flavor blends over time and if better or worse. It's sure hard to mix the meat (pork) by hand and you never understand just how difficult it is to get these spices evenly spread until you can see the texture clearly as it changes. One batch and a kilo of molido cerdo I started with. Changed the onion to 1/2 cup of chopped fresh onion and 1/2 cup of bell peppers, substituting fresh garlic and adding 1/2 teaspoon of Texas Fiesta fajita seasoning. It made about 30 golf ball sized meatballs (that's about all the patience I have to separate out at one sitting.) The fennel seeds indeed give it the needed pop and I used a hand held blender to powder the seeds and seasoning when something like a spice grinder would have worked much better to get it ground. Cooked 4 sides of each on Medium in skillet, for about a 20% reduction in size and firmness with caramelized onions showing all around indicating it was done.

Buen Provecho!