Homemade breakfast sausage that would make Jimmy Dean jealous.

I love breakfast and my favorite breakfast food is breakfast sausage. But, the sausage we buy at the store is filled with additives, preservatives, lots of salt and sometimes ingredients that we can’t even pronounce. My homemade sausage is fantastic with no preservatives and you control how much salt goes in and you know every ingredient in your sausage. This is so good that even Jimmy Dean will be jealous. It is quick and easy, so enjoy.

Ingredients:

1 pound ground pork (can be substituted for chicken, turkey, or venison)

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp dried parsley

1/4 tsp ground sage

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

1/4 tsp dried thyme

1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

1/4 tsp ground coriander

(optional – 1/2 tsp MSG to enhance flavor)

Directions:

  1. Combine all seasonings together then mix well with meat until fully incorporated.
  2. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour for the meat to soak in the spices. Overnight is even better!
  3. Form into patties or stuff into casings to form links and pan fry until cooked as desired.
  4. Enjoy!
Homemade Breakfast Sausage that would make Jimmy Dean jealous

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How to make Sourdough English Muffins

Have you ever wondered what else you can do with your sourdough discard?  One of the many things you can use it for is to create sourdough English Muffins.  Sourdough English Muffin are delicious and easy to make.  My family loves these home made English Muffins and we eat them for breakfast with butter or jam and we even put on some sausage and egg to create our own version of the McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin.  Join me and let’s make a batch.

Ingredients:

1 Cup of fed starter

2 Cups of milk

2 TBS of honey

5 Cups of all-purpose flour divided

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp salt

1 tsp

Directions:

  1. Add starter to a bowl and then combine with the milk.  Stirring to dissolve starter into milk.
  2. Add honey and mix in.
  3. Add 4 cups of flour and mix in.
  4. Cover and let it rest at room temperature overnight.
  5. Uncover and punch down dough.
  6. Add baking soda and salt to dough and kneed in, add flour as needed to keep dough from sticking.  May need to add up to 1 cup of flour.  Kneed for 5 mins.
  7. Use a rolling pin to roll dough out to a ½ inch thickness, then using a 3-inch biscuit cutter cut out your muffins from the dough.
  8. Place cut muffins on parchment paper that has corn meal sprinkled on it.  Sprinkle corn meal on top of the muffins. 
  9. Let muffins rise for 45 mins. 
  10. Cook 4 to 5 muffins at a time in a buttered cast iron pan at low to medium heat.  Cook the muffins approximately 4 mins per side until each side has a nice golden color.
  11. Remove from pan and eat! You can eat them with butter, peanut butter, jam, or add egg and sausage with some cheese to make a sausage muffin. 

How to make Sourdough English Muffins