My Mom raises pigs and recently we were fortunate enough to get a half of a hog from her. When we asked the butcher about their seasonings, we found out that they use MSG in their sausage seasoning. So, instead of getting their pre-made ground sausage, we decided to just get plain ground pork and experiment with some seasonings of our own to come up with a breakfast sausage recipe that we liked. To start we tried some recipes from a couple of our go-to paleo cookbooks – Make it Paleo II and Primal Cravings. These were both pretty good but not quite the “classic” breakfast sausage we were looking for.
We continued to experiment with a few batches and different seasonings to get the flavor we wanted. After some fine tuning, we came up with this recipe that we think you’ll really enjoy. It has a classic breakfast sausage flavor with simple, easy ingredients that you can pronounce. In our opinion, this homemade country breakfast sausage is better than the store version.
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Enjoy!
- 1 lb pasture raised ground pork
- 1 1/2 tsp ground sage
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
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Place the ground pork in a medium sized bowl.
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Mix the seasonings together in a separate bowl.
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Pour the seasonings in with the pork and mix it together well with your hands. Make sure the seasonings are evenly incorporated throughout the pork.
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Shape the sausage into 4-6 patties.
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Heat a pan over medium heat. Once the pan is hot, add in the sausage to cook.
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Cook about 5 minutes per side, until the sausage is cooked through the center.
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Serve and enjoy.
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