High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Herb & Ginger Breakfast Sausage Links
Store-bought breakfast sausage is one of those sneaky products loaded with fillers, sweeteners, and corn syrup derivatives that have no business being in your morning meal. Making your own from scratch puts you completely in control, and this version delivers serious flavor without any of that. Ground pork gets layered with fresh sage, thyme, rosemary, and grated ginger, then warmed up with a pinch of Ceylon cinnamon and turmeric for a breakfast link that tastes genuinely complex. A small splash of apple cider vinegar and a touch of real maple syrup round out the seasoning — clean, simple ingredients that you can actually read on a label. The trick of chilling the formed links before cooking helps them hold their shape and lets all those aromatics meld together beautifully. Cooked in coconut oil until deeply browned on every side, these come out juicy in the center with a satisfying crust. Once you've had a homemade sausage link this good, the packaged stuff is going to be a very hard sell.
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4 servings
- 1 lb ground pork
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1 tbsp fresh sage, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- ¼ tsp ground ceylon cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- 1
Combine the ground pork, garlic, ginger, sage, thyme, rosemary, Ceylon cinnamon, turmeric, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix with your hands until the seasonings are evenly distributed throughout the meat, about 1 minute — do not overwork.
- 2
Divide the mixture into 12 equal portions (about 1.3 oz each). Roll each portion between your palms into a compact log shape roughly 3 inches long and 1 inch wide, pressing firmly so the links hold together.
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