Homemade Sausage Patties
Making your own patties is easy — all you need are some spices, an egg, an onion, and top-notch pastured pork. (The latter can be found at farmer’s markets, on co-op farms, and occasionally at markets that stock sustainable and local foods.) With ingredients like that, you’re guaranteed to sink your fork into the best patty you’ve ever tasted … and you’ll also have some great leftovers on your hands to use with homemade pizzas and pasta dishes.
You can even wrap the patties separately in wax paper and then bag them in a freezer-safe plastic ziploc so that you’ll have your very own freshly-made frozen breakfast patties on hand. (Likewise, you could make and freeze sausage with free-range poultry, grass-fed beef, or pastured lamb.)
Best Damned Patties Ever
1 lb. pastured (i.e., grass-fed) ground pork
1 tsp. coriander
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. winter savory
1 tsp. thyme
1 tsp. sage
1 egg, lightly beaten with a fork
1 medium onion, diced fine
A few grinds of sea salt & pepper
Note: while you can use many different spices to make pork sausage, this mixture of sweeter spices (the coriander and ginger) balances the strong warmth of the sage; meanwhile, the thyme and winter savory provide a bit of sharpness in the background. Using sea salt and freshly-ground pepper — which are more strongly flavored than conventional S&P — will also give the sausage a deeper character. (Using a peppercorn blend with a higher amount of pink peppercorns will really accentuate the flavor of the pork.)
In a glass bowl, use your hands to mix together all ingredients. Form into patties and set aside. (One pound of pork makes either 10 small patties or 6 large ones.)
If you have a griddle, now’s the time to use it! Cook patties in batches over medium heat until both sides are are nicely browned. Notice that there’s enough fat in the patties themselves to provide oil in the pan — no butter needed. If you want to maximize your sausage flavor, fry eggs in the griddle as soon as you lift out the last patty. (You can stack the patties on a plate and stick them in a 150-degree toaster oven to keep them warm.) Or make toast by frying bread in the pan juices.
Enjoy!
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