Recipe - Brown N Serve Sausage

1 pound Lean ground pork
One fourth cup Cracker crumbs
One fourth cup Water
1 teaspoon Sage
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Thyme
One half teaspoon Oregano
One fourth teaspoon Freshly ground pepper
1 pn Ground cloves

The two step cooking procedure ensures the removal of most of the fat.

Combine ground pork and cracker crumbs. Stir in water, sage, salt,
thyme, oregano, pepper and cloves. Mix until thoroughly combined.

Divide into 12 portions. Form each into a sausageshaped roll or flat
patty. (Wet hands with cold water to make the job easy.) Place in a
cold, lightly oiled frypan.

Cook over medium heat, turning often, about 4 min each side until just
beginning to brown and pieces are no longer pink.

Remove to paper towels and blot to absorb any fat. Wrap. Store in
refrigerator up to 5 days or in freezer up to 2 months. Or cook a
second time and serve immediately.

To serve: Return sausages or patties to a clean, cold frypan. Cook
over medium heat, turning once or twice, about 4 min until sausages
are brown and crisp. (Cook frozen sausages in the same manner,
allowing about 2 min longer for cooking.

Each sausage or patty 59 calories, 1 protein choice 1 g
carbohydrate, 7 g protein, 3 g fat.

Source: Choice Cooking, Canadian Diabetes Assoc. 1986 Shared but not
tested by Elizabeth Rodier Nov 93

Suggestion for Pork Pies: Stircook the ground pork mixture in the
frying pan, place it in a plastic colander to drain off most of the
fat and blot with paper towels. Spread the pork mixture in a baking
dish (try 8" pyrex), add fatfree gravy if needed for liquid. Top
with about 2 One fourth cups seasoned breadcrumbs. Bake at 350375 F until
crumbs are lightly browned.

1/12 recipe = 10 grams carbohydrate, 9 grams protein, 4 grams fat, 113
calories. Compare with 1/12 recipe Betty Crocker Pork Pies made with
1 pound sausage and 1 cup cooked ham, cream of chicken soup, apples,
pastry: 19.5 gm carbohydrate, 10 gm protein, 15 grams fat, 250
calories.

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