Maple Sausage Bites
Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Serves: 4
Good (and delicious) things come in small packages! Store-bought sausages often use wheat as a filler, but these homemade bites are wheat-free. Spicy and sweet flavors combine in these tiny breakfast sausages.
Ingredients
- 1 pound (16 oz) ground pork or turkey
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
Tools
- mixing bowl
- measuring spoons
- fork
- non-stick skillet
- spatula
- Combine the ground pork or turkey, dried sage, Italian seasoning, allspice, seasoning salt, black pepper, fennel seeds, and maple syrup in a mixing bowl.
- Mix with a fork until well-blended.
- Split the mixture into 12 equal pieces and form into small, flat, round patties.
- Place a non-stick skillet on a burner set to medium heat.
- Add 3 or 4 patties to the pan and cook until browned on one side, two to three minutes.
- Using the spatula, flip the patties. Cook an additional two to three minutes, or until no longer pink inside.
- Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all the patties are cooked.
- Serve hot as a side to your favorite breakfast!