Making Homemade Sausage

herbs for sausage

Have you ever got ready to make supper and realized you don’t have the sausage you thought you had? I have and it can ruin a supper plan, especially if you’re on a short timeline.

Herbs & spices
Sausage herbs & sausage

But thankfully it’s really easy to make homemade sausage. It’s a simple recipe and it tastes fabulous.

I’ve used this recipe with deer, beef and pork and they were all good. The flavor is just like store bought sausage. I know you’re going to love it.

A Breakfast Style Sausage

This is a sage-type recipe, not a sweet maple style. It makes a great breakfast sausage out of any of the meats mentioned above. It can be used in any recipe you want to use it in.

Herb mix on ground pork
Mixing herb miix with ground pork.

The ingredients are simple and ordinary, mostly things you probably have in your spice cabinet.

Ground pork
Ground pork from our local meat locker.

This recipe is for 2 pounds of meat. It’s easy to divide or add, however you need.

Sausage Recipe

  • 2 tsp of sage
  • 2 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp of ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp of dried marjorum
  • 1 TBL brown sugar
  • 1/8 tsp crushed red pepper
  • 1 pinch ground clove

Mix your spices together in a small bowl.

Cooking sausage seasoned pork
Cooking sausage seasoned pork

Add it to your 2 pounds of your choice of thawed meat.

Using your Homemade Sausage

From here you can crumble and cook so you can add to any dinner or breakfast dish like a frittata, or other breakfast casserole.

Cooked ground sausage
Cooked ground sausage.

Or you can make it into patties for a side of eggs or even as a part of a supper mix.

This recipe taste just like a sage breakfast sausage you can get at the grocery store.

Sausage, pasta and white sauce.
Cooked sausage, pasta, a white sauce and your choice of a green.

It’s great used in several kinds of meals. This homemade sausage can be used in everything from pizza to breakfast. Using white sauce or red sauce.

Sausage & tomato sauce
Ground sausage and red sauce made from home grown tomatoes.

It’s simple and it’s really easy. Enjoy!! Give it a try. Let us know what you think, how you used it and if you feel inclined share your awesome recipe. I’m sure we’d all appreciate it.

Thanks for following along. Let me know what you’d like me to try and share. I’d really love to know what you would like to see.

Until next time.

Health, Wealth & Blessings~

Tracey