Breakfast Sausage with Juniper Berries
Description
And today's stove-top meal is... Breakfast Sausage! It's what's for dinner (well, tonight, anyways). I recently bought a jar of juniper berries in hopes of using them in something fabulous (homemade gin, anyone?), but had a pound of Berkshire pork in the freezer and a hankerin' for some sausage, so this is the result. —mrslarkin
Ingredients
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 to 3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped and stems discarded
- 20 coriander seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon anise seeds
- 12 juniper berries
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- freshly cracked black pepper
Directions
- In a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, grind the garlic, thyme leaves, coriander seeds, anise seeds and juniper berries.
- In a medium bowl, combine the pork with salt, pepper, and spices.
- Chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
- Form pork into eight 2-ounce patties. In a non-stick pan, sauté the sausage patties over medium-low heat until nicely browned, about 5 minutes per side.
- Serve with some smashed taters, hash browns, or grits. Or, make a kick-ass biscuit sandwich with some scrambled eggs and cheese.
