These sausages are made from black beans and Italian Seasonings that are compressed into a sausage mold and baked. I use a smoking gun and smoke these with hickory smoke and they taste very much like an Italian sausage. The links can be eaten as they are for breakfast or crumbled on a dish like pizza and baked. If you don't have the molds, just make patties.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Servings: 6
Author: Snap Pea Sheep
Cost: 8
Equipment
Smoking Gun
Silicone sausage mold
Ingredients
Smoked black bean Italian sausage
1CanBlack BeansDo not drain
1TspHickory Smoked salt
1TbspHickory Flavored Liquid Smoke
1/2TbspBlack pepper
1TspCrushed garlic
2TbspCalabrian Chili paste
1/2TspMushroom Unami seasoning
1TspFennel seed
1TspHerbe De Province
1TspSmoked Paprika
2TbspBean flour
1TspBaking Powder
3TbspGround Flax Seed
3TbspCrushed walnutsOptional
Instructions
Open black beans. Drain liquid into a bowl and set beans aside.
Add flax seed and liquid smoke to the flax seed. Mix and set aside to let the flax seed swell.
Add hickory salt, Herbe De Province, Calabrian chili, fennel seed, paprika, mushrooom unami and garlic to the flax seed. Mix well.
Crush walnuts. Add to flax seed mixture.
Crush beans roughly with a fork. Add into flax seed mixture. Sprinkle with the flour and baking powder then knead the sausage to incorporate the ingredients.
Spray sausage link mold lightly with coconut oil spray and pack the sausage tightly into the links.
Bake at 375 ° for 30 minutes. Allow to cool before removing links from the mold.
Enjoy as is or with marinara sauce. May be reheated or crumbled.
Notes
This is a Snap Pea Sheep RecipeI sometimes use a smoking gun to impart a little additional smoky flavor to the sausage. Personally I use 50-50 hickory and cherry wood chips but 100% hickory or mesquite is fine too. Place in a zip lock bag and fill your bag with smoke and seal. The smoke will dissipate in about 15 minutes. I use the smoker a few inches from my stove top downdraft, otherwise I go outside.Smoke these after cooking and removing from the mold.