Breakfast Sausage Recipe for Patties, Links and Sausage Gravy - PoorMansGourmet

ground pork

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Turkey is lower in fat, while beef can be more economical.

sage

black pepper

salt

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

Honey can be a natural sweetener.

thyme

red pepper flakes

Cut pork cushion meat into portions that can fit into the meat grinder.

Weigh out 2 pounds of pork cushion meat and add another piece to reach 3 pounds total.

Use 1 pound of pork fat, cut into strips for the grinder.

Grind the pork and fat using a KitchenAid meat grinder attachment.

Mix together brown sugar, salt, garlic powder, curing salt, msg, dried thyme, dried parsley, ground sage, ground coriander, ground clove, red chili flakes, and black pepper in a mortar and pestle.

Add a little vinegar and dark corn syrup to the ground meat mixture as a binder.

Mix everything together until well combined and let it marinate in the fridge overnight.

Cook a test patty in a hot pan until nicely caramelized and tender, noting that the pink color is from the curing salt.

Smoke the majority of the sausage on a grill.

Cooking Techniques

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