An amazingly simple sausage recipe

This sausage recipe is phenomenal and so easy to make (I love recipes that are delicious and easy to make, if you haven’t noticed :-).  We had it with the fresh pasta we made this one Saturday night of cooking. It’s from Alice Waters’ amazing book “The Art of Simple Food”.  Try it!

1 pound ground pork (with 25-30% fat)

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon fresh-ground pepper

2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage leaves (this is the key.  FRESH, fresh sage!)

A pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

A pinch of cayenne

Mix well enough to distribute all of the seasonings, but do not mash the meat.  I used a sauté pan to cook the sausage, breaking it up as it cooked so I would bite size pieces of sausage.  Because of the high fat content, I did not need to use oil.  Just a hot sauté pan and the sausage meat! The sage and nutmeg season the meat in a very special way…Let me know what you think after you try it