home made sausauge success

For those of you that follow my blog, you know of my BIG disaster with a homemade sausage recipe I tried. I was determined  to get it right. So I went back to the drawing board. First thing I did was to ground my own meat. I used a pork shoulder with plenty of fat.

Next I went thru several recipes. What I learned was to take a recipe you like and make it your own. I like sage in my breakfast sausage so it was added to my recipe. Here is the one that I came up with that works for me and my family. I have to say it was a great success. The sausages were gone before I got done cooking the pancakes. So I wasn't able to get a picture, sorry.

                       My version of homemade  breakfast sausage
2 pounds ground pork shoulder
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning.
4 pinches of brown sugar. ( if you like a sweet breakfast sausage add more )

1/8 of a teaspoon of my season mix. ( equal parts salt , pepper, and garlic powder mix together.)
Cook a sample patty.
Place plastic wrap over the bowl and place in fridge over night.( this is a must)

I recommend making a sample patty to see if you would like more of any of the ingredients. The amount of seasoning is totally up to your taste. The ingredients will blend together as it sits over night in the fridge.
 No more store bought sausage for us. This is cheaper and taste better then the ones found in the store. The best part is that I know what is in it. I can even pronounce all the ingredients.