Recipe: Homemade Hot Sage Sausage.

This is the sausage Mr. Big Food used in this week's Holiday Brunch Casserole. (It's not especially hot.)

HOMEMADE HOT SAGE SAUSAGE

Makes 1 lb, but easily multiplied

1 lb ground pork
1 tsp curing salt (like Morton’s Tender-Quick)
½ tsp cayenne pepper
½ tsp rubbed sage
¼ tsp black pepper
½ tsp crushed red pepper
¼ tsp Accent

Combine all ingredients, blending well. Form in log and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 24 hours. Use or freeze.