Your Own Breakfast Sausage

This pork sausage is easy, quick, and can be kept on hand as a staple in your freezer.

This recipe makes 12 - 14 patties.

Ingredients

• 1 pound unseasoned ground pork
• 2 tsp paprika
• 2 tsp fresh ginger, minced
• 1 tsp lemon zest, minced
• 1 tsp fennel seed, crushed
• 1 tsp ground sage
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg

Method

1. Using your hands, combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Divide sausage in half and mound one half in center of a piece of plastic wrap. Shape sausage by wrapping plastic around the meat to form a cylinder. Twist ends of plastic tightly and chill until firm.
3. Repeat with remaining half of mixture.
4. Slice sausage into ½-inch patties.
5. At this point, you may store patties, separated by waxed paper, in freezer until ready for use.
6. If using immediately, fry in dry, heavy, non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Brown on both sides until just cooked through, about 10 minutes.
7. Drain breakfast sausage patties on a paper-towel-lined plate before serving.

These are wonderful served with fluffy pancakes and baked fruit for an early-morning breakfast or a Sunday night supper.