Turkizo Sausage I Made It

Turkizo Sausage

chuckieb 11 years ago
I had two packages of ground pork down in my freezer and for the life of me I couldn't remember why I had purchased them! :) So I posed the question "What should I do with these" to the ladies on "Our Daily Dinner" and received some great responses/ideas. The one I decided to go with was Otterpond's
Turkizo Sausage
I have never made sausage before and to tell you the truth the thought never crossed my mind. I'd envisioned casings and fuss and bother. But it was a hoot. I actually had a lot of fun making this recipe.
I subbed the ground turkey with ground pork since that was what I was trying to use up. The spices are well balanced. I adore Smoked paprika so was tickled that was in there. I ran out of time yesterday, so my meat mixture probably was in the fridge for a good 36 hours for the flavours to meld.
I really liked making both sausage patties for breakfast sandwiches and some little meatballs for a sub and I did do both. Laura suggests adding egg, breadcrumbs and chopped onion to the sausage balls and after tasting both methods I prefer the consistency of the sausage balls with the added ingredients. If I were to do this again I'd add those things to the patties as well as I found the sausage balls to be moister and a nicer consistency. Although maybe I just overcooked the patties. I cooked them in a fry pan for about 5 minutes on each side.
Anyway...this was an easy, fun recipe and I'm very pleased with the results. I'm going to bring some patties along with me to a friend's cottage this weekend and I think they're going to be very well received. Thanks Laura! I had a lot of fun!
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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

I'll have to find a substitute for Aleppo peppers.

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otterpond 11 years ago said:

How fun is that! I am absolutely certain the sausage was even better for the 36 hours. CHEERS!

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

For some reason, I have problems finding good chorizo around here - not that tube stuff that just seems to disappear. This looks like a good alternative. I like the turkey idea, too, and it looks like its so easy to do. Thanks for putting it here! Tasty picture. :)

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

I found this online, pso. I'll probably use the substitute myself.
~~ Cook's Thesaurus says that a good substitute for aleppo is 4 parts sweet paprika and 1 part cayenne. ~~

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chuckieb 11 years ago said:

Frankieanne, you hit it on the button and I actually did that exact thing Points. I didn't have Aleppo peppers either and Lori googled it and found that sub for me. Forgot to mention that. I think the ground turkey would work famously as well.

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NPMarie 11 years ago said:

Looks so good!

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mommyluvs2cook 11 years ago said:

I've made my own chorizo since Keni posted this one Mexican Chorizo De Puebla Never heard of Aleppo pepper! Sounds interesting. I'll check for it at the store but may just sub out ALL cayenne. Thanks for the post and this is such a great idea with the sausage patties! We love little breakfast sandwiches ;)

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lovebreezy 11 years ago said:

Funny I had just had a conversation over in the Refugee group about chorizo. Already had both of these recipes saved and forgot all about them, so thanks for the reminder. FrankieAnne, the thing I had said over there was that I didn't have luck with chorizo and that the tube stuff turns to mush. Like you said, it disappears!

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notyourmomma 11 years ago said:

I can't find chorizo either that I like. I think this would be a great alternative. I love the sub for aleppo pepper too,. I adore my smoked paprika. (found it at Home Goods for a steal) and mixed with cayenne would be great

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

Well, ya know, Lovebreezy, great minds and all of that... :-P

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