Homemade Breakfast Sausage

[dfergie]

Anyone making their own breakfast sausage? I've recently been trying different recipes, found some I like, some I've modified...

 

[navychop]

Hmmm. Reason to get another toy for the KitchenAid.

Is it cheaper than store bought?

Is fresh or dried sage used?

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[dfergie]

Dried sage, not sure if cheaper, made a couple from venison/pork from recent hunt, pork was from 1lb ground.
Something to play with, market sausage is kinda bland, Owens & others not bad but again, something to play with for taste.

 

[dfergie]

1st batch was a pork roast cubed, then ground up with seasonings mixed in, had too much salt (himalayan) on that batch.

 

[spongella]

Not a bad idea making your own sausage...can't eat the store bought stuff because they use too much salt. Our local Amish market has a dozen or so different makes and if you are there during lunch or dinner hours they have free samples. Tasty stuff, the Amish are great folks.

 

[TRG]

Don't forget to try some red or green chile in your grind.

 

[navychop]

So do you use the plastic or metal sausage grinder? I’m assuming you use a mixer. I’m looking at attachments for my Kitchenaid.

 

[dfergie]

Sorry been busy with family stuff...
Plastic meat grinder, not using a mixer (yet).

 

[dfergie]

Don't forget to try some red or green chile in your grind.

Thawing some green chiles out right now, have red chile flakes, need to get some reds from a road side vendor...

 

[dfergie]

1.5 lbs Pork Carne Picada
Approximately
.5 lb Venison Back Strap
.5 lb Venison Steak bits
Seasoned before grinding, mixed well.
Cooked 2 patties, not bad, a little heat.
Vacuum sealed 3 packages

• 2 teaspoons dried sage
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lite salt (potash)
• 1.5 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1.2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• .75 teaspoon fennel seed
• .5 teaspoon smoked paprika
• .25 teaspoon garlic powder
• .25 teaspoon onion powder
• .25 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 4 Hatch Green Chiles (roasted before freezing)
• .25 teaspoon Italian seasoning

 

[navychop]

Nice. But store venison is rare here. Buddies promise, but never deliver.

Conventional meats?

 

[dfergie]

5.5 lb pork arm roast 1" cubed
6 strips bacon (roast was pretty lean) 1/2" slices
1/2 lb venison 1" cubes
Mix the below very well then layer with the meat

1 tsp Leggs smoke flavor
1.5 tsp Leggs blend 10 sausage seasoning
1.5 tsp Weber Hatch Chili seasoning
2 tsp Kirkland sweet mesquite seasoning
1 tsp low salt (potassium/salt mix)
1.5 tsp fresh ground pepper
1.5 tsp ground sage
1 tsp smoked paprika
.5 tsp Slap ya' Mama

Let sit for 8 hours mixing once, put in freezer last 20 minutes along with grinder parts.

Tested 1 piece in air fryer 10 minutes, was good, ground all, covered till morning.

 

[dfergie]

Add 1.5 tsp red pepper flakes to the above...
Just vacuum sealed wrapped in parchment paper.
8 golf ball size (more or less) flattened patties to a package. (3 packages)
Also made 4" patties with a ring to smashburger on the griddle or disc with hamburger meat later. (3 packages with 2 to a pack)

 

[TRG]

Add 1.5 tsp red pepper flakes to the above...
Just vacuum sealed wrapped in parchment paper.
8 golf ball size (more or less) flattened patties to a package. (3 packages)
Also made 4" patties with a ring to smashburger on the griddle or disc with hamburger meat later. (3 packages with 2 to a pack)

If you have too much I'm willing to take some off your hands.

 

[dfergie]

If you have too much I'm willing to take some off your hands.

Lol, I've been refining my recipe for months to where it's something I like, (Brother ate while camped out hunting and liked). This batch was still lean even with the bacon, but really good. I ended up cooking one of the smashburger sized ones as a cheeseburger for lunch.

 

[dfergie]

5 lb pork butt roast 1" cubed
Mix the below very well then layer with the meat

1 tsp Leggs smoke flavor
1.5 tsp Leggs blend 10 sausage seasoning
1.5 tsp Weber Hatch Chili seasoning
2 tsp Kirkland sweet mesquite seasoning
1 tsp low salt (potassium/salt mix)
1.5 tsp fresh ground pepper
1.5 tsp ground sage
1 tsp smoked paprika
.5 tsp Slap ya' Mama
Add 1.5 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp cayenne pepper

(made this yesterday, after watching some ground meat jerky videos, made some and just pulled from ninja foodi after 4 hrs at 165F, 1/8" thick, pretty tasty)

 

[dfergie]

5 lb pork butt roast 1" cubed
Mix the below very well then layer with the meat

1 tsp Leggs smoke flavor
1.5 tsp Leggs blend 10 sausage seasoning
1.5 tsp Weber Hatch Chili seasoning
2 tsp Kirkland sweet mesquite seasoning
1 tsp low salt (potassium/salt mix)
1.5 tsp fresh ground pepper
1.5 tsp ground sage
1 tsp smoked paprika
.5 tsp Slap ya' Mama
Add 1.5 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp cayenne pepper

(made this yesterday, after watching some ground meat jerky videos, made some and just pulled from ninja foodi after 4 hrs at 165F, 1/8" thick, pretty tasty)

Ground a 2.3 lb batch (fajita pork meat) using reduced amounts of above minus the cayenne with 4 red jalapenos diced up mixed in, has real promise...

 

[navychop]

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