Texan Breakfast Sausage

One of the most versatile skinless sausages I know.

Here I’ve made the sausage into a pattie and used it in the Texan gravy too with a gluten free buttermilk biscuit to keep it company.

Makes 14 patties. The raw sausage meat freezes really well.

Ingredients

1kg minced pork

2 teaspoons dried oregano

2 teaspoons dried marjoram

2 teaspoons dried sage

1 teaspoon ground chipotle chilli

1-2 teaspoons salt

1/2-1 teaspoon freshly ground coarse pepper

Method

Combine all of the ingredients to make your sausage meat.

Form into patties, heat a non stick pan over high heat or get your BBQ nice and hot and then cook until cooked through.

Bacon and Cheese Sausage Balls

These evolved from an old Texan recipe for sausage balls that we once had at a party in the States years ago.

I love the combination of cheese and bacon and with the use of the Mexican cornflour these taste as if they have crushed corn chips in them plus, it makes them gluten free!

These freeze really well too, simply make up until the baking stage, instead of baking freeze them in single layers in ziplock bags for a later date.

Makes around 60 balls.

Ingredients

700 pork, minced

400 g bacon, minced

1 tablespoon dried sage

2 teaspoons dried oregano

2 teaspoons dried marjoram

1 teaspoon chilli flakes

1 teaspoon chipotle chilli powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

300g Cheddar cheese, grated

60g tapioca flour

100g rice flour

60 g masa lista, Mexican corn flour

1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder

60g butter, cubed

Method

Combine the minced pork, minced bacon, sage, oregano, marjoram, chilli flakes, chipotle chilli, salt and pepper in a bowl.

In a separate bowl, weigh out the flours and baking powder, add the butter and rub in until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the cheese and mix well through.

Add the flour mix to the meat and mix really, really well.

Form into balls, around 25g each.

Preheat the oven to 200degrees Centigrade.

Bake the balls, well spread out for 20 mins on lined baking sheets until golden.