Maple Cherry Breakfast Sausage
Savory, sweet, and delicious – these homemade sausage patties are a leaner alternative to store-bought.
If you noticed rosemary extract on the ingredient list for ground turkey and were wondering why, let me explain. Rosemary extract is being used as a natural preservative to prevent spoilage and lengthen the shelf life of a variety of foods, including ground turkey.
As consumers look for cleaner food labels, food companies are using fewer unfamiliar and artificial ingredients. For many people, seeing rosemary extract on a food package is preferable to seeing additives like butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) or butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA).
Don’t worry about the product tasting like rosemary. Developers have created extracts that do not impart a rosemary flavor.
Ground turkey options you will likely see at the grocery store include extra lean ground turkey breast (99% lean/1% fat). This is the leanest option and contains only breast meat. Lean ground turkey (93% lean/7% fat) and ground turkey (85% lean/15% fat) contain a mix of light and dark meat. To keep today’s sausage patties as lean as possible, yet moist and flavorful, I recommend using lean ground turkey (93% lean/7% fat) or extra lean ground turkey breast.
To your health,
Darlene
MAPLE CHERRY BREAKFAST SAUSAGE
Yield: 6 servings
Serving Size: 2 patties
Prep: 10 minutes
Ready: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
1 pound lean ground turkey (93% lean/7% fat) or extra lean ground turkey breast
1/4 cup dried cherries, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ground sage
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed dried rosemary
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, thoroughly combine ground turkey, dried cherries, oil, maple syrup, garlic, sage, fennel seed, salt, black pepper, rosemary, and red pepper flakes. Divide turkey sausage mixture into 12 equal portions and form into patties.
To cook, place patties in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook patties, about 5 minutes on each side, or until done.
Cook’s Note: Placing the turkey sausage mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes will make forming the patties a bit easier.
Nutrition Information per Serving
167 Calories, 6 g Total fat, 1 g Saturated fat, 0 g Trans fat, 40 mg Cholesterol, 196 mg Sodium, 10 g Total carbohydrate, 0 g Dietary fiber, 9 g Total sugars, 8 g Added sugars, 18 g Protein, 0 mcg (0%) Vitamin D, 19 mg (2%) Calcium, 1 mg (6%) Iron, 246 mg (6%) Potassium
© 2022 RECIPES MADE HEALTHY BY DARLENE ZIMMERMAN, MS, RD LLC
