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Delicious sausage patties in between homemade sausage biscuits with butter on the side.

How to make Sausage Patties and Homemade Sausage Biscuits

Last Modified: June 8, 2020 // by Tracy Ariza, DDS // July 25, 2013 I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. Learn more here.

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Homemade sausage biscuits are a tasty treat, especially when you know how to make sausage patties. They are super simple to make, and you can make them ahead and freeze them to have them ready at all times. #sausage #biscuits
Homemade sausage biscuits are a tasty treat, especially when you know how to make sausage patties. They are super simple to make, and you can make them ahead and freeze them to have them ready at all times. #sausage #biscuits
Homemade sausage biscuits are a tasty treat, especially when you know how to make sausage patties. They are super simple to make, and you can make them ahead and freeze them to have them ready at all times. #sausage #biscuits

Homemade sausage biscuits are a tasty treat, especially when you know how to make sausage patties. They are super simple to make, and you can make them ahead and freeze them to have them ready at all times.

In the foreground, is a light blue square plate with one sausage biscuit and a couple of biscuit pieces next to a knife with butter. On the background is a bowl of biscuits and another plate of sausage biscuits.
Sausage biscuits made with grain-free biscuits. I’m working on perfecting the recipe so that I can share it with you.
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While it might not be one of the healthiest things that I crave, sausage biscuits are something that I do occasionally miss living here in Spain. They just don’t exist here. The only place that I think might potentially eventually have them here is Mc Donald’s. Over the years some Mc Donald’s restaurants have begun to serve breakfast, but sausage biscuits aren’t on the menu. In any case, I’d prefer not to eat them there.

You already know that I like to be able to control what is going into my food, but this is especially true with something like sausage patties where it’s easy to sneak in all sorts of unnoticed ingredients. Most sausage patties are loaded with MSG to give them extra flavor.

While this isn’t a recipe for something that I think you should be eating every single day, it does satisfy an occasional craving in a way where you can control all of your ingredients.

When I originally wrote this post, I didn’t really provide a recipe for how to make sausage patties. I basically only gave you a list of herbs and spices that I like to add to mine, and was just going to let you experiment for yourself.

While I do think it’s best for everybody to experiment with recipes and tweak them to their liking, I am now adding a recipe for how to make sausage patties to serve as a starting point. Some people will prefer more cayenne, others will prefer more salt. My recipe should show you that it is super easy to make sausage patties at home, so once you get over the intimidation factor, you should be able to play with the recipe and make it your own.

How to make the sausage patties

Here in Spain pork, especially ham, is very popular, and there are many types of sausage available. From chorizo to salchichón, and morcilla to fuet, you would think that finding a sausage for a sausage biscuit would be easy. None of the common sausages, though, are really anything like American breakfast sausage, and it is rare to see a sausage patty of any type.

I mistakenly thought that making sausage would be a huge ordeal, and wasn’t brave enough to even check out any of the recipes. I figured you would need all sorts of special equipment that I didn’t have. I did eventually figure out a method to make sausage links when I learned how to make Spanish chorizo. While it is true that for making sausage links specialized equipment would be very helpful, making sausage patties is just as easy as making hamburger patties!

All you really need is some ground pork instead of ground beef.

Many recipes had added fat ground in, but I found it to be unnecessary and actually overwhelming in this type of sausage recipe. It just made them more greasy. So, the second time I made myself sausage, I just bought around a half kilo (around a pound) of pork shoulder and had them grind it for me. That cut of pork already has some fat, so it worked well in the recipe.

Once you have your ground pork ready, you just need to season it. I tried out a few recipes, and most added some sort of sweetener like maple syrup or sugar. I personally found them all to be too sweet. So, after a few trials, I came up with a mix that I liked. I usually use fresh herbs from my garden, and basically just throw in a handful of each herb, which is what made it hard for me to actually write out a recipe. Since then, though, I have played with dried herbs and came up with the mild recipe above. You can definitely add in more herbs and spices to give it more of a kick! You can also add in some home-rendered lard, especially if using a leaner cut of meat. It nicely takes the place of the added ground up fat.

In the foreground, is a light blue square plate with one sausage biscuit and a couple of biscuit pieces next to a knife with butter. A cup of coffee is placed beside it with a bowl of biscuits and another plate of sausage biscuits in the background.v

How to make Breakfast Sausage Patties

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My son loves the spiciness in these homemade sausage patties. It’s a breakfast sausage that is perfect for using in sausage biscuits.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 12 small patties
Calories: 112kcal
Author: Tracy Ariza, DDS

Ingredients

  • 500 g ground pork I use pork shoulder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. thyme
  • 1 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes or more if you like it spicy
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 small egg optional
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Instructions

  • Mix together all of the ingredients in a bowl.
  • Make sausage patties by rolling the mixture into balls and then flattening them between two sheets of parchment or wax paper. I use the paper to help get a thin, flat patty. The sausage patties will thicken up and get smaller in width, so I like to make them thinner and bigger than I want the finished patties to be.
  • If you are making sausage biscuits, have your biscuits ready before pan frying the sausage patties!
  • Pan fry the sausage patties until cooked through and browned on both sides.
    Homemade sausage biscuits are the best, especially when you know how to make sausage patties. They are super simple to make, and they taste great. Plus, you can make them ahead and freeze them for whenever you want a treat.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

Adding an egg makes the sausage patties a little lighter in texture, but it also makes it harder to form the patties. Using just a little bit of egg (one very small egg or half an egg) is probably the best of both worlds, but adding it is completely optional.
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword breakfast, sausages
Other Diets Dairy free, Gluten free, Low Carb, Paleo
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Serving: 1small patty | Calories: 112kcal | Protein: 7g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 184mg | Potassium: 119mg | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 0.4mg

Making Sausage Biscuits

Before frying the sausages, you should prepare your biscuits.

You could use biscuit mix or something like that, but I told you that these sausage biscuits would be completely from scratch. We don’t have biscuit mixes here in Spain because, frankly, most people here have never seen a buttermilk biscuit. Those who think they know what a “biscuit” is, are probably picturing what most Americans think of as a “cookie.” We can thank the nearby Brits for that!

In the foreground, is a light blue square plate with one sausage biscuit and a couple of biscuit pieces next to a knife with butter. In the background is a bowl of biscuits and another plate of sausage biscuits.

Biscuit options

The first time I made these biscuits, I used a traditional roll and cut buttermilk biscuit recipe.

It turned out well, but the next time I decided to try using an old favorite recipe of mine for butter dip biscuits. They are buttermilk biscuits where the dough is pressed into a pan over butter and then cut and baked. I love the method because, since you don’t handle the dough much, the dough inside is light and fluffy. Plus, they are a lot less messy to make, because you don’t need to use a rolling pin. They are a bit messier when eating, though, because of all of the butter. I originally included my recipe for butter dipped biscuits in this post, but have since taken them out while trying to make the conversion to a gluten-free blog. I do want to give options to those who want traditional wheat biscuits, though, so I’ve left a link to my old recipe on the Wondermill Grain Mill Wagon blog.

Since then, I’ve been working on a grain free butter dipped biscuit. So far they are turning out well, but I want to perfect the recipe a little bit before posting it on my blog. As soon as I’m sure that I’m happy with the recipe, I’ll post it and link to it here!

Meanwhile, I’d like to show you another quick and easy option: my homemade paleo pitas. They’re like making mini pancakes, and they work as a great bread alternative to normal, wheat-based biscuits.

Close up of hand holding a homemade sausage patty between two paleo pitas with a plate of sausage patties and pitas in the background.
A homemade sausage patty between two paleo pitas being eaten like a sausage biscuit

Finishing off the homemade sausage biscuits:

Once you have the biscuits ready, brown the sausage over medium to high heat in a saucepan on the stove. Cut the biscuits in half, and slip in one of the sausage patties. You can add a bit of omelet style egg, too, if you are so inclined. I added it for my husband and son, but prefer it plain myself.

I’m not sure whether I like the butter dip biscuits or the roll and cut biscuits better in the end, but the butter dip biscuits are definitely easier. The others may be more like what I remember eating. In any case, they are both good.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Category: Breakfast

About Tracy Ariza, DDS

Tracy Ariza, B.A., D.D.S., left dentistry and the United States to found Oh, The Things We’ll Make!, writing to you from the Spanish Riviera. She loves making things herself in order to keep control of what goes in them. While far from perfect, she strives each day to live a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle.

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  1. MamaToMany

    June 21, 2014 at 4:07 PM

    Oh my gosh, these look sooooo yummy!!! I’m like you, the sausage & biscuit is a great marriage- no egg needed! But I’m sure I’d have to add eggs for the kids & hubby who are used to the McDonald’s commercials. (Gag!!!! No way is McD’s anywhere near able to call itself “food”!!) Thank you for another delicious recipe!!! Now I just have to figure our where around here can grind me up some “fresh” sausage!!! Yummmm…..

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    • Tracy Ariza

      June 24, 2014 at 10:21 AM

      It’s been awhile since I’ve made this, and I think I may need to make more sausages soon. Sadly, I think I’ll have to eat them without a biscuits, or come up with a gluten free alternative. I keep experimenting with myself, and seem to always get back my eczema when I eat anything with gluten in it. šŸ™
      I find it interesting that the ingredients in McDonald’s are so much different here in Spain than in the US. Not that I frequent McDonald’s, of course, but I was reading an article about the huge ingredient list on McDonald’s fries in the US, and here they only have 3: sunflower oil, potatoes and salt. It’s still not ideal, but it’s closer to food than it was back home. I’m not sure about the hamburgers, though. They say 100% beef, but who knows what “beef” means. šŸ˜‰ Mc Donald’s is also (at least) twice as expensive here, but they still seem to fill the place.
      Made at home is always going to be best, of course, and it’s the only way you can really know the true source of your ingredients. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Vanessa - natural family today

    December 18, 2013 at 7:11 AM

    My husband saw this and has requested I make them. Have you tried drop biscuits? They are like roll and cut but just dropped on a sheet. Not as pretty, but easy and good.

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    • Tracy@TheThingsWellMake

      December 18, 2013 at 11:56 AM

      No. I guess they are the one type I haven’t tried.
      I’m actually trying to avoid biscuits and actually flour for a little while as an experiment. Once it is over, I may give them a try. šŸ™‚

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