How to make your own breakfast sausage

August 6, 2017 8:00 PM

All it takes for a hearty, mouthwatering DIY sausage is ground pork, spices, and a bit of maple syrup.

Always quick with a joke, an Irishman may refer to his hangover as “an inexplicable headache.” He cures it with, naturally, a full Irish breakfast. Think bacon, sausage, black and white pudding, mushrooms, fried tomato, fried eggs, baked beans and soda bread.

Enough with the frozen sausage already. Not only is it easy enough to make your own breakfast patties, but its a whole lot tastier—and healthier—than settling for the store-bought stuff.

All it takes for a hearty, mouthwatering DIY sausage is ground pork, spices, and a bit of maple syrup (yes, syrup). There's 10 grams of protein to help keep you full, plus a savory flavor that's hard to beat.

Pair your patties with the usual bacon and eggs, or throw them in a breakfast burrito topped with hot sauce.

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