VENISON MAPLE BREAKFAST SAUSAGE RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Chop the pork fatback and meat into 2-inch pieces. Use any tough cut, such as the bottom round, neck meat, or shoulder.
• Mix the salt, herbs, garlic, black pepper, red pepper, sugar, and cloves. Sprinkle the spices across the meat and mix thoroughly.
• Spread the seasoned meat across a metal sheet tray or in a metal bowl. Stick it in the freezer for 30 minutes to chill. The texture should be a little crunchy, but not frozen solid.
• Using the coarse die on your meat grinder, grind the meat into a chilled bowl (I set a smaller bowl inside of a bigger bowl containing ice). If at any point the mixture begins to smear or come out of the grinder mushy, it’s too warm. Transfer the meat back to the freezer for another 30 minutes.
• After the first pass, switch out the coarse grinding plate for the plate with a fine die and grind again. Or, if your meat is sliced into smaller cubes, you can grind it just once through the small die.
• At this point, you have loose sausage that can be cooked as is or formed into small patties. Eat the fresh sausage within a week, or freeze patties in between sheets of parchment paper.

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, combine all ingredients (except for the oil) and mix together using your hands until well combined.
• Divide the sausage into 1 inch balls and then pat down until they are about 2 inch disks. Transfer to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper until you complete shaping all of the pieces of sausage into disks.
• In a large cast iron skillet or heavy bottomed pan, drizzle oil and bring to MEDIUM to MEDIUM-HIGH heat. Once the oil is hot, transfer a few sausage patties at a time into the pan and cook for about 2-3 minutes or until the bottom has browned. Flip and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Both sides should be browned but not burnt and cooked through. Transfer to serving dish and cook the remaining sausage patties.