Country Breakfast Sausage Recipes

Steps:

• Mix meat and seasonings together.
• Shape into 12 patties.
• Spray skillet with non-stick spray.
• Brown patties on each side.
• Add a few tablespoons water to pan, cover to reserve moisture, and cook till done.
• NOTE: Use this recipe in place of pork sausage for a healthier sausage stuffing for your turkey.

Steps:

• For fullest flavor, let these sausages sit overnight after mixed.
• Mix all spices into the meat and stir well with a wooden spoon, or hands.
• Form patties and cook like a hamburger in a skillet over medium high heat.
• To make sure the sausage is juicy "sear" both sides (on high heat) then reduce the the heat (medium or medium high) and finish the cooking. The well cooked outside will hold in the juices.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients; mix well; cover and chill overnite.
• Shape into 6 patties.
• Cook in lightly greased skillet over medium heat about 15 minutes, turning occasionally, until browned on both sides and centers no longer pink.

Steps:

• Combine diced pork with all other ingredients and chill for 1 hour. Using the fine blade of a grinder, grind the pork. Form into 1-inch rounds. Refrigerate and use within 1 week or freeze for up to 3 months. For immediate use, saute patties over medium-low heat in a non-stick pan. Saute until brown and cooked through, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.

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• Combine sage, salt, marjoram, savory, black pepper, smoked sugar, mace, cinnamon, and red pepper flakes together in a small bowl. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place.

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• Brush a large gratin dish with some of the oil.
• To cook the sausage, in a large skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook until it begins to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the onion and red and yellow bell peppers and saute until the onion is golden, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 45 to 60 seconds.
• To assemble the strata, place half of the bread cubes in the prepared gratin dish and top with half of the sausage mixture. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the grated cheese over the sausage mixture and top with the remaining bread cubes and sausage.
• Whisk together the eggs, milk, sage, and parsley in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the custard over the strata. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to 12 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Let the chilled strata stand at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Bake the strata for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup cheese; continue baking until the strata is puffed and golden brown, an additional 20 to 25 minutes. (If the top of the strata starts to get too brown, cover it with aluminum foil.) Remove to a rack to cool slightly. Serve hot or warm.

Steps:

• In a small, bowl, combine the sage, salt, ground black pepper, marjoram, brown sugar, crushed red pepper and cloves. Mix well.
• Place the pork in a large bowl and add the mixed spices to it. Mix well with your hands and form into patties.
• Saute the patties in a large skillet over medium high heat for 5 minutes per side, or until internal pork temperature reaches 160 degrees F (73 degrees C).

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• Combine 1/3 pork and 1/3 pork fat in processor. Using on/off turns, process mixture until finely ground. Transfer to large bowl. Repeat with remaining pork and pork fat in 2 more batches. Sprinkle water, sage, salt, and red and black pepper over pork. Using moistened hands, mix sausage just until blended. Wrap sausage in plastic and chill. (Sausage can be prepared up to 3 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
• Form sausage into 3-inch-diameter patties. Heat heavy large skillet over medium heat. Fry patties in batches until browned and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels; keep warm. Transfer to platter and serve.

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• If your meat grinder comes with a coarse and a fine grind attachment, grind the meat first through the coarser disk. Put all the remaining ingredients in a spice mill or blender and process until ground evenly. Add the ground seasonings to the meat and mix in well. In a frying pan on top of the stove, fry a little piece of the sausage and taste for seasoning. Correct the seasoning to your own taste. If you think the sausage is too fatty, you may add some more lean meat (and it needn't be pork: veal is fine, and oysters are delicious); you may want more hot peppers.
• Put the properly seasoned forcemeat through the fine grinder.
• If you are stuffing the sausage into casings: Run the mixture through the meat grinder set on the fine setting (and with the sausage stuffer attached and the casings tied at one end and placed over the end of the funnel, ready to be filled). Tie off stuffed sausages into 4-inch links. Cover the sausages and place immediately in the refrigerator.
• You can smoke some or all of the sausage - or partially smoke it. And you can freeze the sausage as well.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl add all ingredients EXCEPT pork and mix well.
• Place pork in a large mixing bowl and add spice mixture.
• Blend by hand for about 3-5 minutes or until thoroughly blended.
• Stuff it in casings or simply make patties and fry it or grill it.
• If you start with lean ground pork you will have lean sausage.
• If your market does not have ground pork, ask your butcher to grind some for you, or do what I did, buy your own grinder.
• Freezes well so increase the recipe.