Apple-Cheddar Sausage & Egg in a Hole

Thursday, October 8, 2020

This easy brunch recipe will be your new Saturday morning go-to! Form ground sausage into breakfast patties with cheddar cheese, fragrant sage & apples. Then, make your egg in a hole using thick slices of challah with an egg cracked into the center. To finish it off, simmer maple syrup & cider vinegar for a delectable sauce to drizzle over everything!

25 min active; 30 min total; serves 2

YOU'LL NEED:

• 1 apple
• 2 tsp fresh sage
• 2 oz white cheddar cheese
• 2 green onions
• 10 oz mild Italian pork sausage
  
• 2 slices TGM challah bread
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 1/2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
• salt & pepper
• cooking oil

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. PREP SAUSAGE PATTIES

• Small dice apple into 1/8” pieces, using about 1/2 cup apple (enjoy snacking on any remaining apple!) 
• Chop sage
• Shred cheese
• Thinly slice white part of green onion and chop green tops, keeping separate
• Heat 1 tsp oil in sauté pan over med-high
• Add apple & white part of onion and sauté 3 min, then transfer to a bowl

2. COOK SAUSAGE PATTIES

• In the bowl, combine cooked apple mixture, sausage, cheese & sage until well mixed, then form into 4 patties about 1/2” thick
• In the same pan used for apples, heat 1 tsp oil over med
• Add patties and cook 3—5 min per side, until cooked through, then remove from pan, reserving drippings in the pan

3. MAKE EGG IN A HOLE & SAUCE

• Use a drinking glass to cut a hole about 3” wide in center of each slice of bread
• Toast bread (both slice and circular cut-out) in sausage drippings over med for 2 min, until golden, then flip the bread and crack an egg in center of each hole, sprinkle with salt & pepper, cover & cook 3—5 min, or until desired doneness, then remove from pan 
• Add maple syrup & vinegar to pan then cook over med for 1—2 min, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan, until slightly thickened and syrupy

4. GARNISH & GATHER

• Plate sausage patties alongside egg in a hole & toasted bread cut out
• Drizzle sausage with maple sauce, garnish with chopped green onion tops, and enjoy!