Fruit or rice added to various sausages

[pluckem]

Has anyone on here tried to add fruit to their homemade sausage. I have noticed a lot of meat shops in Minnesota offer these. I have had blueberry and wild rice summer sausage and also cranberry summer sausage and it was excellent. I am thinking about adding some in to the next batch, but was curious to see if anyone else has tried it. Do you think it would work better with fresh berries or with dried berries?

I would also thick applesauce added to some breakfast sausage would be great. If you have tried some of these original recipes please share.

[jbdragon17]

My favorite batch so far has been diced red pepper, garlic, and colby jack cheese. VERY good.

[Mark Christianson]

pluckem

I am guessing you have had the sausages made at A Meat Shoppe in Maple Lake???

I was wondering the same thing. That stuff they make is outstanding!

[lureman]

We have made sausage with jalepeno's, brown sugar, black pepper, and colby/jack cheese which are excellant. We just add the extra stuff to our polish.

Have experimented with wildrice and celery but have yet to get a good mix with a taste we like. I guess we will keep plugging away. What we are looking for is a good tasting fresh brat or polish with wildrice. Any suggestions appreciated.