Loaded Breakfast Sandwiches With Fennel Herb Sausage Patties Food

BREAKFAST SAUSAGE PATTIES

Steps:

• Mix the pork, brown sugar, sage, thyme, ginger, cayenne, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper and 2 tablespoons water in a large bowl. Form into 2-inch patties; transfer to a baking sheet, cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add half the sausage patties and cook, flipping once, until browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a baking sheet. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to the skillet and repeat with the remaining patties. Transfer the patties to the oven and bake until cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes.

MAPLE FENNEL COUNTRY SAUSAGE PATTIES

Steps:

• Combine salt and pepper, fennel in the bottom of a bowl. Add pork and mix to combine spices. Pour 2 tablespoons maple syrup over the pork and work the meat again to combine the maple syrup. Form meat into patties, 2 to 3 inches round. Cook patties in 1 tablespoon oil in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat 4 or 5 minutes on each side. Drain sausage patties on towel lined plate, then serve.

BREAKFAST SANDWICHES WITH CHILE-FENNEL SAUSAGE PATTIES

Steps:

• Make the sausage patties: Using a mortar and pestle, smash together the fennel seeds, oregano, and red pepper flakes. In a large bowl, combine the ground pork with the spice mixture, salt, and black pepper. Give the sausage a good mix, separate it into four equal portions, and shape them into patties. The patties should be just larger than the width of the English muffins, as they will shrink when cooked.
• Heat two large skillets, one over medium heat and the other over medium-low heat. Pour the olive oil into the first pan and, working in batches if necessary, fry the sausage patties for 5 minutes per side, or until crispy and cooked through. When you flip the patties, top each with cheese.
• Melt the butter in the second pan. Crack in the eggs, taking care to not break the yolks. Gently fry the eggs until the whites have set but the yolks are still nice and runny.
• While the eggs and sausage are cooking, spoon a heaping spoonful of the mayo onto each muffin half.
• To build each breakfast sandwich, lay a sausage patty, tomato slice, and fried egg on each English muffin bottom. Sprinkle each egg with a pinch of salt and black pepper, then top with a lettuce leaf and the other muffin half. Serve immediately.

GRILLED SAUSAGE SANDWICHES WITH FENNEL AND SWEET ONION

Steps:

• Uncoil sausage and cut into 4 equal lengths. Re-coil each piece into a round and secure with a skewer horizontally through coil.
• Toss together fennel, onion, oil, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
• Lightly oil grill pan and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Arrange sausages and fennel and onion in grill pan (vegetables can be in a shallow pile). Grill, turning sausages over once and tossing vegetables occasionally, until vegetables are softened and charred, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer vegetables to a bowl and continue to grill sausages until cooked through, 2 to 5 minutes more.
• Remove skewers and serve sausages, topped with fennel and onion, on buns.