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You will learn how to make Pistachio Pesto, and two dishes to use it in.

Description

A hearty breakfast with plenty of old-fashioned flavor.

Ingredients

1 cup Cornmeal 2 cups Buttermilk 12 uncooked Breakfast Sausage Links 1⅓ cups All-Purpose Flour ¼ cup Sugar 1½ teaspoons Baking Powder ½ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup shortening 1 large Egg, lightly beaten ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Maple syrup

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°. In a small bowl, combine cornmeal and buttermilk; let stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a 9-in. cast-iron skillet over medium heat, cook sausage until no longer pink; drain on paper towels. Arrange 8 links in a spoke like pattern in same skillet or in a greased 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Cut remaining links in half; place between whole sausages. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir egg and vanilla into cornmeal mixture; add to dry ingredients and stir just until blended. Pour batter over sausages. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Serve warm, with syrup.

Serves

6

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