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Tuesday, March 2. 2010

The Frugal Mama: Make it at Home: Sausage

I've never been a fan of breakfast sausage until my Mom cooked me some of her homemade sausage patties. These pork sausages have some serious bite but none of the noxious grease when you bite into a casing (ew!) and none of that "I feel like I'm going to hurl" after effect. I know that anyone who has eaten breakfast sausages in a cheesy restaurant (read as Denny's or bad hotel breakfast or in the Pacific Buffet while riding on a BC Ferry) will know these feelings I am referring to. I now make my own sausage with my wonderful Mother's recipe. I purchase a big package of ground pork from Costco about every 6-9 months and make a batch of sausage and freeze it. To make the breakfast patties, defrost the meat in the fridge overnight or even in the microwave on defrost and make mini burger patties. Then cook! This sausage is not only great for accompanying a feast of pancakes and eggs but is also great for pasta dishes. And it is already fully spiced.
The recipe is:

For about 2 pounds of meat add the following. I usually double this for a Costco meat package.

2/3 cup parsley
1 onion
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves (this is the bite so if you like bite, round your measurement)
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
1/4 to 1/2 cup all purpose flour

Mince parsley and onion.

Mix spices and water.

Add both to pork with flour and mix with your hands.

Divide into a portion size you will use, roll in plastic wrap then add to a zip lock bag for convenient access when its frozen.
Posted by Chrissy Simpson in The Frugal Mama at 22:11 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hey codegoats and all their fans,

This is a virtual homage to these sn-ausages... we used them for Iron Chef 2010. Deliciously delightfully divine. Didn't win for us, but it was darn good!
#1 Kate (Homepage) on 2010-03-03 20:09 (Reply)
I am going to try this. I hardly ever buy sausages for all the same reasons you don't but this sounds good enough to eat. I sure do learn a lot from you. :-)
#2 Sylvia on 2010-03-03 21:16 (Reply)
What a great idea, I am totally making this!
I have been on the hunt for sausages that are nitrate/nitrite free, and unless you're willing to spend big bucks at a butcher's shop, they are very tough to find!
#3 Jen on 2010-03-15 10:05 (Reply)

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