Turkey sausage patties

I usually make my homemade sausage with pork, but I figured I'd give turkey sausage a try! I thought it might be a healthy way to cut down on the slightly excessive amount of bacon that I consume.

• 1.3 lbs. ground turkey

• 3/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

• 1 tsp. sage

• 1 tsp. thyme

• 1/4 tsp. rosemary

• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg

• 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper

• 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes

• 1/2 tbsp. brown sugar

• Salt (I used 1 tbsp. but salt as desired)

Combine the spices except for the brown sugar in a spice grinder and grind.

Put the ground turkey in a bowl, add salt, the spices, and brown sugar. Portion into 2.5 oz. portions and flatten into a 3 1/2" cutter.

Cook on a 375°F griddle, 5 minutes per side.

The spices are a slightly spicier (and scaled) version of Alton Brown's recipe . I like it - the sage and thyme (I think) give it as "this is breakfast sausage" taste but the extra cayenne and red pepper give it a bite. But it's definitely not, "There's hot Italian sausage on my breakfast sandwich."

2024-04-05

I made a small batch of these (4 at 2.9 oz. each) to eat during my low-fiber pre-colonoscopy diet as an alternative to my regular pork breakfast sausage patties which aren't lean pork.

On a white English muffin because of the low-fiber diet. I used a whole recipe of spice for around 10.6 oz. of ground turkey, which was a little too much. I should have used half the spice, which is how the original recipe would have worked if I had scaled the spice to match the meat.