Sausage The Heaping Bowl Food

HOMEMADE BREAKFAST SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Place the pork in a large bowl and add the brown sugar, sage, salt, garlic powder, smoked paprika, black pepper and red pepper flakes. Mix well using your hands. Form patties from heaping 1/4 cups of the mixture, about 1/3-inch thick.
• Melt the butter in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the sausage patties in two batches until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F, about 5 minutes per side. Serve warm with eggs or pancakes. (See Cook's Note.)

ITALIAN FENNEL SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine salt, fennel seed and red-pepper flakes. Add pork to the spice mixture along with the garlic, and wine. Using your hands, mix thoroughly for 1 full minute, until the pork begins to appear tacky and sticks to the palm of your hand.
• Heat a cast-iron pan over medium heat. Use a heaping tablespoon of pork mixture to make a small, thin sausage patty. Add a teaspoon or so of olive oil, and cook the patty for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. Taste, and if needed, add salt or any other seasonings to the uncooked sausage mixture and mix to combine.
• Divide and form the remaining sausage into 8 2 1/2-inch patties, placing them on the prepared baking sheet as you go. Cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to come together. (Patties can be made ahead and covered and refrigerated or frozen at this point until ready to use.)
• To cook, wipe out cast-iron pan, and return to medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil. When it shimmers, add patties in a single layer, leaving space between them. Cook 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until browned on the surface and just cooked through.
• Drain sausages on paper towels, and serve hot.

SAUSAGE & SAGE PIEROGIES; THE HEAPING BOWL

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or butter in 10" pan until hot. (Do not burn). Sear pierogies on both sides for 1 to 2 minutes until brown. Remove from pan and hold.
• In same pan add more oil or butter and heat again until hot. Add sausage, saute for 2 to 3 minutes until sausage is cooked.
• Add apples, mushrooms and fresh sage. Cook 1 minute until apples are tender and add half the deglaze.
• Simmer for another minute until deglaze becomes thick. Add more deglaze if too thick. Add more cream if too thin.
• Pour sausage, apple, mushroom, sage mix over pierogies. Garnish with sour cream and fresh dill.

HOMEMADE BREAKFAST SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat a cast-iron griddle pan over medium-high heat and spray with cooking spray.
• Mix together the brown sugar, poultry seasoning, garlic powder, pepper, salt and anise seed in a large bowl. Add the ground pork and mix gently until well-combined.
• Portion the sausage mixture using a heaping 1/4 cup measure and flatten each sausage into a 3-inch round, about 1/4-inch thick.
• Sear the sausages on the hot griddle pan until golden brown and cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes per side.