Healthy Recipe: Turkey Sausages with Apricot Mustard Sauce
May 11th, 2009
I’ve never made homemade sausages before, but these were very good and I will make them again. These sausages are formed into patties, so I didn’t have to bother with the casings and all of that.
I made these for a book club brunch, and they were met with rave reviews. Because these are so lean, you may need to use more breadcrumbs than what I’ve listed here – just work with the consistency until it will form a patty. I know they look somewhat like crab cakes or fish cakes, but there’s nothing fishy about them – just herby savoriness.
Turkey Sausages with Apricot Mustard Sauce
Makes: about 2 dozen 3-inch patties
Time: under 60 minutes
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Ingredients
Sausages
3/4 pound ground turkey breast
3/4 pound ground turkey thigh
2 ripe pears, peeled, cored and grated
1/4 cup coarsely chopped flat leaf parsley
2 T finely chopped fresh sage leaves
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1 egg, slightly beaten
about 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
Apricot Mustard Sauce
1/2 cup apricot preserves
1/4 cup hot Chinese mustard
2 t freshly chopped rosemary
salt & pepper to taste
Directions
1. Combine all of the ingredients up through the egg into a bowl. Combine with your hands until thoroughly mixed. Judging by the consistency, you may need to add breadcrumbs to make the mixture form into patties. (Due to the runniness of the pears, the breadcrumbs will hold it all together.) Form into patties and set on a plate.
2. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add a teeny bit of oil in the pan, then add 4 to 5 sausages at a time. Fry on each side until done, about 4 minutes per side. Remove from pan, set aside and cover with foil to keep warm.
3. Meanwhile, heat a small saucepan over medium heat with the apricot preserves. Whisk for about 1 minute or until melted and runny. Add the mustard and continue to whisk until combined (about 30 seconds). Remove from heat, add rosemary, salt and pepper.
4. Serve turkey sausage patties with apricot mustard sauce. Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from this recipe and this recipe both from epicurious.com
May 11th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I love turkey burgers and these turkey sausage burgers sound great! Have you ever tried the Shelton’s frozen turkey sausage patties? very yummy…but now you can just make your own. I like the idea of mixing light and dark meat- never have tried that.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
hey Pip it’s me again- recently made my first ever raw cake- had to borrow a food processor- it came out GREAT, it’s Alissa Cohen’s carrot cake recipe, you can find it online. Dare you to try it!