Homemade Sausage Patties

I’ve always been a sucker for sausage patties.  For as long as I can remember, they make truly wonderful breakfasts and pack a punch-load of flavor.  This is one reason why McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin and the now-defunct (in the Philippines, anyway) Sausage Biscuits rank high among my favorite brekkie treats.

Sausage patties, however, aren’t exactly common sights in the deli sections of local supermarkets and I haven’t seen them in most of the delicatessens I pop into.  It was a good thing I was able to discover a very good recipe for them that I can whip up whenever I need something special to start my day.

 

Homemade Sausage Patties

• 1/4 kilo ground pork

• 1/2 teaspoon fine [iodized] salt

• 2 teaspoons rubbed or whole dried sage

• 1 teaspoon dried thyme

• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

• oil for frying

Set the oil aside.  With your hands, mix all the ingredients together to form a paste.  Press the paste onto a plate and divide into eight segments.  Pick up one segment, roll into a ball, and flatten between your palms.  Repeat with the remaining segments.

Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the sausage patties, 3 – 4 minutes on each side or until nicely browned.  Drain on paper towels and move to a serving dish.  Makes 8 patties.

Oh, and one other thing…

Homemade sausage goes best with eggs (like the cheese omelette pictured with the patties on top of this post) and homemade biscuits.  Don’t fight it.