Description

This homemade breakfast sausage recipe offers a flavorful and juicy alternative to store-bought sausages. Made from ground pork combined with a savory sausage seasoning blend and water, these sausages can be stuffed into collagen casings and shaped into links. Perfect for breakfast or brunch, they deliver authentic taste with customizable seasoning and texture.

Ingredients

Scale

Meat

2 and 1/2 lbs. ground pork

Seasoning

0.8 ounces (by weight) sausage seasoning (store-bought or homemade blend)

Other

1 cup water

Instructions

Prepare the meat: In a large mixing bowl, place the ground pork, ensuring it is fresh and cold for easier mixing.
Add seasoning and water: Sprinkle the sausage seasoning over the ground pork, then pour in the water. Mix thoroughly with clean hands or a sturdy spoon until well combined and the mixture becomes sticky, which helps with binding.
Prepare the sausage stuffer: Fit your sausage stuffer with a collagen casing. Ensure the casing is soaked in water beforehand if recommended by the supplier, and slide it carefully onto the nozzle of the stuffer.
Stuff the sausages: Place the meat mixture into the stuffer and begin filling the casing evenly, avoiding air pockets. Once filled to your desired length, twist the casing between links to form individual sausages.

Notes

For best results, keep the meat mixture cold throughout preparation to maintain texture and safety.
You can make your own sausage seasoning blend using spices like sage, thyme, black pepper, and red pepper flakes.
Sausages can be cooked by pan-frying, baking, or grilling after stuffing.
Collagen casings are edible and widely available online or at butcher stores.
If you don’t have a sausage stuffer, you can form patties or hand-roll links instead.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: Varies (not included, as this recipe focuses on preparation)
Category: Breakfast Sausages
Method: No-Cook
Cuisine: American

Keywords: homemade breakfast sausage, ground pork sausage, sausage seasoning, collagen casing, sausage links