Homemade Sausage Patties

I started up with Paleo again, as well as Whole 30, so I'm back to thinking outside the box. This time around though, I'm really reading every ingredient to make sure there are no preservatives, sugars, etc in things we buy. 

I usually cook everything from scratch, but we sometimes like to eat bratwurst, hotdogs, deli meat, etc for a faster and more convenient lunch... It's been a bit of a challenge and shopping is taking a bit long, but I finally found some hotdogs and deli meat we can eat and I'm quite happy they actually taste pretty good. 

I've been wanting to make sausage patties from scratch but never got around to it. I had some time this weekend and made some. My daughter had this to say about them after she ate like 5 of them... "MOM, these patties are HEAVENLY!!!"

I made about 30 or so patties and froze most of them. We even made sliders using tomatoes instead of bread.

Sausage Slider (onions, lettuce and mustard).

Sausage Patties topped with a fried egg.

Sausage Patties Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 lbs ground pork
• 1 onion, cut in pieces
• 1/2 a red pepper, cut in pieces
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1/2 bunch cilantro
• 1/2 bunch flat leaf parsley
• 1/2 cup oregano leaves
• 1/2 cup basil leaves
• 2 tbsp fennel seeds 
• 2 tsp paprika 
• 2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
• 2 1/2 tbsp salt
• 2 tsp dried mustard

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 425F.

2.  Add the onion, red pepper, garlic, cilantro, parsley, oregano, and basil to a food processor and pulse about 4 times.

3.   In a large bowl, combine pork, onion mixture, fennel seeds, paprika, dried mustard, salt and red pepper flakes. 

4.  Form into patties, 2 in wide by ½ inch thick.

5.   In a large frying pan over medium high, heat 2 tbsp coconut oil. Brown the sausage on both sides (about 4 minutes on each side).

6.   Line a cookie sheet with aluminum paper and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes or until patties are no longer pink in the center.