Turkey sausage is a healthy alternative to the more fat-laden pork variety. You can make homemade turkey sausage in an afternoon and have it ready for breakfast the next morning or freeze it for later use. Homemade turkey sausage can be very economical if you purchase whole turkeys when they are on sale at your local grocery store.
Instructions
1. Thaw the turkey in the refrigerator if it is frozen. Remove the neck bone and giblets package from inside the turkey.
2. Debone the turkey. Use a sharp knife to remove the meat of the turkey from the bones. Cut the deboned turkey into 1-inch cubes.
3. Set up your meat grinder and place a large bowl beneath the grinding shoot to catch the ground meat.
4. Feed the turkey meat into the grinder. If the ground meat appears too course, run the meat through the grinder a second time.
5. Weigh the ground meat on a kitchen scale. This will determine the amount of spices to prepare in Step 6.
6. Mix together 1/4 cup of finely chopped onion, 1 beaten egg white, 3 tbsp. of oats, 2 tbsp. of chopped parsley, 1/2 tsp. of salt, 1/2 tsp. of sage, 1/4 tsp. of black pepper, 1/4 tsp. of nutmeg and 1/8 tsp. of red pepper flakes (for every 1/2 pound of meat) in a small bowl.
7. Use your hands to mix the spices throughout the ground turkey meat.
8. Run the meat through the grinder for a final time.
9. Shape the sausage into patties and package into freezer bags for later use.
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