Your Link To Alberta’s Finest Meat Products Artisans Of Sausage And More by Phil Wilson
If you’ve ever wanted to be that person at a party who has the hot tips on where to get all the best stuff in town, you’re in luck, because we’re about give you the low-down on great places to get fantastic meat products around Alberta. Summer is coming, and that means the search is on for the very best sausages money can buy. Edmonton is very lucky to have experienced a real boom in the quality and quantity of fresh sausages available, and one artisan in particular, Fuge Fine Meats, has been raising the bar locally with his outstanding links.
Steven Furgiuele, owner of Fuge, put in his time in the restaurant industry, most notably almost 4 years at Culina Millcreek, but came to the conclusion that he was not cut out for the grind of line cooking, neither mentally nor physically. However, Furgiuele still had a love of food and creativity, so starting his own business seemed inevitable.
Steven Furgiuele
Since his successful ATB BoostR campaign, which saw 121 people support the sausage maker to the tune of over $21,000, Fuge now boasts no less than 19 varieties of fresh sausages along with a dozen types of salami. Furgiuele has a deep affinity for the products born from his roots. “The Italian-focused products really strike a sentimental nerve with me. The Italian Fennel and the F-Bomb both feature copious amounts of red wine and pepperoncino from Calabria, where my father Franco (the F in F-Bomb) is from.” The Italian Fennel features toasted fennel and coriander, whereas the F-Bomb cranks up the heat with double the chili flakes and pepper paste. Furgiuele gets even more excited talking about one of his cured products, the Calabrese Soppressata, which reminds him of his days sausage making with his dad. “The first time I nailed my rendition of it, I called my father in Sault Ste. Marie to tell him I did it.”
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