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Breakfast Sausage with Juniper Berries

And today's stove-top meal is... Breakfast Sausage! It's what's for dinner (well, tonight, anyways). I recently bought a jar of juniper berries in hopes of using them in something fabulous (homemade gin, anyone?), but had a pound of Berkshire pork in the freezer and a hankerin' for some sausage, so this is the result.

Ingredients

  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 2 to 3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped and stems discarded
  • 20 coriander seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon anise seeds
  • 12 juniper berries
  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • Freshly cracked black pepper

Directions

  • In a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, grind the garlic, thyme leaves, coriander seeds, anise seeds and juniper berries.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the pork with salt, pepper, and spices.
  • Chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
  • Form pork into eight 2-ounce patties. In a non-stick pan, sauté the sausage patties over medium-low heat until nicely browned, about 5 minutes per side.
  • Serve with some smashed taters, hash browns, or grits. Or, make a kick-ass biscuit sandwich with some scrambled eggs and cheese.

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