Adding Sausage To Waffle Batter Is The Sweet-Savory Twist You Didn't Know You Needed - Tasting Table

"The reason this showstopping hack works is quite simply the sausage. The beauty of salted breakfast meats is that they're often smoky with hints of maple or brown sugar, and spiced with the tiniest bit of heat, along with sage, thyme, garlic, and black pepper. All of which are complimented by the addition of creamy whipped butter and warm sweet syrup."

"If it sounds like you could be into sausage-stuffed waffles but there's something holding you back, just remember the key to any culinary encounter is to get it how you like it. Try bacon, ham, or any ground meat. Not into links? Try crumbling cooked ground meat directly into the batter, or stuff the whole patty inside, for a no muss, no fuss rendezvous."

Adding cooked sausage to batter for waffles, pancakes, or aebleskivers produces a savory-sweet breakfast that balances smoky, spiced meat with maple-sweet syrup and whipped butter. Salted breakfast meats contribute smoke, maple or brown-sugar notes, subtle heat, and herbaceous flavors like sage and thyme, which heighten umami. The practical method is to warm sausages (avoid overcooking), cut them into bite-sized pieces, pour half the batter into a hot iron, add sausage, then top with remaining batter and cook. Variations include using bacon, ham, ground meat, crumbled meat in batter, or stuffing a whole patty for portability and ease.

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