Twice a year we purchase 1/2 a Heritage Breed, Pasture Raised Hog from a local farmer. It saves us so much money! And I can’t even explain how much better it tastes that any other pork we’ve ever had. While we do have the option to get the ground portion of our hog made into sausage at the butcher, we prefer to season it ourselves as needed. I’d rather have a bunch of ground pork in the freezer that I can use plain in recipes or mix into sausage – instead of having all sausage. And even if you aren’t buying bulk pork, you can save a TON of money buy purchasing ground pork, compared to pre seasoned sausage. You also can adjust the seasonings to your taste and know that there’s no junky fillers or msg!
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Ground Pork
- 2 teaspoons Sea Salt
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground Sage
- 1/2 teaspoon Paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon Majoram
- Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
Instructions
- Combine all seasonings in a small bowl
- Using your hands, mix your seasoning blend into your ground pork
- Mix it very well 🙂
- Use as you would any other bulk sausage
- Enjoy
Notes
I always fry up a tiny patty of sausage to make sure it's seasoned perfectly before cooking the rest of the sausage.
You can also use Hot Smoked Paprika in place of the crushed red pepper.
Does this end up with a very sage-ey flavor? If so, do you have a suggestion to replace it? I do not like the taste of it but I know most store bought sausage has it in it and I can’t taste it in those unless it is very sage flavored.
I don’t like a “sage” sausage either. I’d recommend trying with a little of the sage then frying up a little patty to try. I think you’ll be surprised that there’s not a strong flavor, just a sausage flavor.
These are great! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! My dad raised a pig for each of us kids and we’re about to butcher on Monday. I’ve been trying to figure out what cuts I want and have been on the fence with ground pork vs. sausage. Thanks to your post, now I know I can season it myself for the most versatility! I just found your blog and have lost hours and hours of my life getting swept from one post to another to another! Thank you for a well rounded blog about getting and being healthy naturally. =)
We have about half of a blue sausage in the freezer and need to know a great country sausage seasoning. We didn’t want any strange things in our ground sausage. Thank you so much!