Dove Links

With dove season just around the corner here is a good one for the folks that make their own sausage.

Since the usable meat on a single dove is just a couple of onces, this sausage is more of a appetizer rather than a meal.

1 pound fresh dove meat (8-10 dove)
1/4 pound chicken fat
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried sage
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme

Freeze the dove meat & chicken fat for 15 minutes.

Grind the meat & fat through a fine disk meat grinder.

In a medium sized bowl, combine the meat, salt, ginger, pepper, sage and thyme. Mix well using your hands.

Grind the seasoned mixture through a fine disk of the grinder

Wet your hands with cold water.  Taking about 1 tablespoon of meat at a time, form little rolls of sausage.

Refrigerate the links until firm, about 30 minutes.

Pan fry and enjoy!