Homemade Italian Sausage

A couple of weekends ago, I made my own sausage. Like bulk Italian Pork Sausage that you would put in spaghetti etc. Besides using turkey instead of pork I followed the recipe to a T, including crushing fennel seeds. Why I had whole fennel seeds to start with it beyond me but I love the smell of fennel seeds. Licorice...........yummmmmmmmmmmmm, although I don't really like licorice. Once you add your spice mix you refrigerate the sausage overnight for the flavors to meld. You can't taste test raw meat so you can't tweak the recipe the first time. However I thought it needed more garlic and maybe just a hint of crushed red pepper. I will try it again and next time will use it in spaghetti and add a touch of steak sauce to make it meatier tasty, as you could taste the sweetness of the turkey. I might actually use this spice combination next time I make meatloaf too as it would be like making meatloaf using sausage which most recipes call for but I have never done.