Most people are familiar with smoked kielbasa, but kielbasa can also be made as a fresh sausage. Kielbasa, in fact, is a fairly generic term referring to a wide range of Polish sausages. The defin…

A Polska kielbasa recipe. Here's how to make kielbasa at home, using pork, beef or wild game. This Polish kielbasa is smoked.

Homemade kielbasa is surprisingly easy to make at home, even without any special sausage-making equipment. It tastes so good, you're going to love being able to make this yourself! Note: It's traditional to use weighted measures in sausage-making. If you don't have a kitchen scale, use the volume measures in the NOTE below.

I normally make a large batch of fresh Polish sausage and freeze it. When an opportunity presents itself, during a summer cook-out for example, just throw

Homemade Kielbasa (Polish Sausage) is a family tradition for me. We use ground pork shoulder, mustard seeds, garlic, sage, salt and pepper to create this classic Polish recipe.

A traditional Polish smoked sausage made from pork, seasoned with garlic and spices, and smoked to perfection.

Making your own kielbasa sausage is no harder than making up some meatloaf! Enjoy this easy homemade kielbasa recipe.

There are about one bazilion (technical term) types of smoked Polish sausage. Some of the most popular types of sausage found in any Polish grocery store are:

Gearing up for the holidays means a couple of dishes must be at the table for the holidays. Kielbasa Loaf and halsuki are two of them. For folks not into cooking your own, some of the best kielbasa and kielbasa loaf anywhere can be ordered and bought from Kowalonek's http://www.kielbasy.net/ and Masser's http://www.massersfarmmarket.com/ here in the heart of the coal region. Kowalonwek's has international fame as the best, but they duel every year, LOL. But for those that do like to cook…

Adapted from the recipe by Ethan Chlebowski.