Name: Maple Cardamom Breakfast Sausage
Ingredients: 2 cups ground pork; 1/2 onion (chopped small); 5-6 cloves garlic (minced); 1 Tbsp cardamom; 1.2 tspn anise seed (crushed if full size); 1 Tbsp sea salt; 1/2 tspn dried thyme; 1/3 cup natural sugar; 1/2 cup maple syrup; 1/2 tspn red pepper flakes ((optional))

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Maple Cardamom Breakfast Sausage

This breakfast sausage packs energy, flavor and mouth-tingling joy into many an Epicurean Homestead farmhouse breakfast.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cardamom, maple, pork, sausage

Servings: 6

Ingredients

2 cups ground pork
1/2 onion chopped small
5-6 cloves garlic minced
1 Tbsp cardamom
1.2 tspn anise seed crushed if full size
1 Tbsp sea salt
1/2 tspn dried thyme
1/3 cup natural sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 tspn red pepper flakes (optional)

Instructions

Cook onion till soft but not browned. Add garlic to release flavors.
Combine onion and garlic with the sausage in a bowl and mix in other ingredients.
The flavor is fullest if it sits for some time before cooking. I usually try to put it together the night before if I'm making it fresh.
Shape into patties and fry until cooked through. The sugar causes a nice browning, so make the patties thin and cook over medium-low heat to prevent scorching.