We actually use this recipe as is but make them into meatballs. So good on their own, with pasta, or red sauce!
Jessica Fisher
Great idea!
Elise
My boys live for sausages, but I hate giving them red meat and pre-packaged stuff full of preservatives too often. This was a lovely recipe! A nice alternative to our usual turkey burgers. I shaped them long and thin like sausages, fried them a bit in a pan before sticking in the oven, and they were a hit! Thank you!
Jessica Fisher
Yay! Love the strategy of making them into links. Nicely done!
Dorothy
Oh that’s GOOD! I just made a batch for breakfast and to freeze.I left out the paprika, since I don’t have any today, and went easy on the cayenne, since my family is not fond of spice. Oh, but they’re GOOD! Next time I want to add maple syrup…
Katie
I am going to make this and found organic ground turkey, but it is 16oz, not 20. How would I reduce the spice amounts? Thanks!!!
Jessica Fisher
I don’t think it will make a huge difference, but you could reduce them by about 1/5 if you wanted to be exact. Since it’s sausage, a little more spice shouldn’t hurt.
And isn’t it annoying that turkey doesn’t come in consistent packaging?
stacy
Is it possible to make sausage with other types of meats?
Jessica Fisher
I’ve done this with pork, turkey, and chicken. I’m not sure it would taste very sausage-like with beef, though.
Carla
I like to use sausage to be used in white gravy (biscuits & gravy), red beans & rice, and egg dishes like quiche or breakfast scramble. Since I don’t need it in patties for that (although i do plan to make some that way), how do you recommend to cook this? (I normally just squeeze the tube in the skillet and brown like ground beef).
Jessica Fisher
I’d just cook it in a pan after step 2. It won’t be as greasy as typical sausage since there’s no added fat. So, if you want to cook it in some oil or add some butter, you could do that.
Becky
This would be a great money saver in our house…we go through so much breakfast sausage-my boys love it!! If you make them and freeze them, what is the best way to reheat them? I am a big fan of freezer cooking and would love to add these to my plan!
Jessica Fisher
I prefer to let things thaw completely. After that, you can reheat them in a skillet, microwave, or in the toaster oven.
Kara
Looks amazing! My husband asked for a hand grinder for Christmas to start making his own sausages. He did get a grinder but we haven’t made any sausages yet. I gasp whenever I look at the ingredients in sausage! Not to mention the price!
Jessica Fisher
Sausage ingredients are definitely scary.
Cathy
We get sausage and bacon from our own pigs that my dad raises with his chickens and beef cows on his farm so we have plenty of pork sausage. I’m not a fan because we ate it a lot as kids. I think I’m going to try this, I want to like sausage, I do
Jessie
The patties would be super yummy in an English muffin or bagel with cheese! Maybe I should make some up for hubby (he’s always looking for a high protein breakfast).
Jessica Fisher
Yep. You can make those ahead of time, too, and freeze them. It’s in my freezer book, made with pork sausage.
Brooke
We actually use this recipe as is but make them into meatballs. So good on their own, with pasta, or red sauce!
Jessica Fisher
Great idea!
Elise
My boys live for sausages, but I hate giving them red meat and pre-packaged stuff full of preservatives too often. This was a lovely recipe! A nice alternative to our usual turkey burgers. I shaped them long and thin like sausages, fried them a bit in a pan before sticking in the oven, and they were a hit! Thank you!
Jessica Fisher
Yay! Love the strategy of making them into links. Nicely done!
Dorothy
Oh that’s GOOD! I just made a batch for breakfast and to freeze.I left out the paprika, since I don’t have any today, and went easy on the cayenne, since my family is not fond of spice. Oh, but they’re GOOD! Next time I want to add maple syrup…
Katie
I am going to make this and found organic ground turkey, but it is 16oz, not 20. How would I reduce the spice amounts? Thanks!!!
Jessica Fisher
I don’t think it will make a huge difference, but you could reduce them by about 1/5 if you wanted to be exact. Since it’s sausage, a little more spice shouldn’t hurt.
And isn’t it annoying that turkey doesn’t come in consistent packaging?
stacy
Is it possible to make sausage with other types of meats?
Jessica Fisher
I’ve done this with pork, turkey, and chicken. I’m not sure it would taste very sausage-like with beef, though.
Carla
I like to use sausage to be used in white gravy (biscuits & gravy), red beans & rice, and egg dishes like quiche or breakfast scramble. Since I don’t need it in patties for that (although i do plan to make some that way), how do you recommend to cook this? (I normally just squeeze the tube in the skillet and brown like ground beef).
Jessica Fisher
I’d just cook it in a pan after step 2. It won’t be as greasy as typical sausage since there’s no added fat. So, if you want to cook it in some oil or add some butter, you could do that.
Becky
This would be a great money saver in our house…we go through so much breakfast sausage-my boys love it!! If you make them and freeze them, what is the best way to reheat them? I am a big fan of freezer cooking and would love to add these to my plan!
Jessica Fisher
I prefer to let things thaw completely. After that, you can reheat them in a skillet, microwave, or in the toaster oven.
Kara
Looks amazing! My husband asked for a hand grinder for Christmas to start making his own sausages. He did get a grinder but we haven’t made any sausages yet. I gasp whenever I look at the ingredients in sausage! Not to mention the price!
Jessica Fisher
Sausage ingredients are definitely scary.
Cathy
We get sausage and bacon from our own pigs that my dad raises with his chickens and beef cows on his farm so we have plenty of pork sausage. I’m not a fan because we ate it a lot as kids. I think I’m going to try this, I want to like sausage, I do
Jessie
The patties would be super yummy in an English muffin or bagel with cheese! Maybe I should make some up for hubby (he’s always looking for a high protein breakfast).
Jessica Fisher
Yep. You can make those ahead of time, too, and freeze them. It’s in my freezer book, made with pork sausage.