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Breakfast Sausage Patties

Source of Recipe

From "Scratch" by Maria Rodale


Recipe Introduction

"My quest for a quick breakfast patty my teenager could heat up before school resulted in this recipe. I couldn't find delicious, organic breakfast patties in our supermarket, so I made them myself. Being the forward-thinking, slightly lazy mom that I am, I make them in big batches and freeze them. I haven't been able to perfect the flat, round shape of the commercial ones, but then these aren't made by a machine!"

List of Ingredients

◦ 4 pounds ground pork
◦ 1 tablespoon dried sage
◦ 2 teaspoons salt
◦ 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
◦ 1 teaspoon dried thyme
◦ 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
◦ Extra-virgin olive oil, for cooking


Recipe

In a large bowl, combine the pork, sage, salt, marjoram, thyme, and pepper and mix with your hands to combine.

Shape the mixture into ⅓-inch-thick patties three inches in diameter. In a large, cast-iron skillet, heat a little oil over medium heat. Working in batches, add the patties and cook about 5 minutes per side, until browned and cooked through.

To freeze the cooked patties, let them cool to room temperature, freeze them on a baking sheet, and then pop them in a freezer container.

Makes about 24 patties