Apple Sausage with Raspberry Dijon Sauce

We had a dish like this when we visited Lancaster County and enjoyed it so much I tried to make it at home.  The chef shared the ingredients to the sauce, but the ratios are my own.  You can use whatever sausage you have on hand - even the venison breakfast sausage posted previously.  Serve with a side salad or cole slaw.

Apple Sausage

  1 Lb Sausage                                                                        1 Tsp Salt

  1 Cup Granny Smith Apple                                                    1/2 Tsp Pepper

  1/2 Tsp Sage                                                                         3/4 Cup Panko

  1/4 Tsp Thyme                                                                      1 Large Egg

  1 1/2 Tsp Brown Sugar                                                          1/2 Tsp Cinnamon

Put sausage and apple in a food processor and pulse.  Add remaining ingredients and blend well.

Per Serving: 339 Cal (63% from Fat, 21% from Protein, 16% from Carb); 18 g Protein; 23 g Tot Fat; 7 g Sat Fat; 10 g Mono Fat;  13 g Carb; 1 g Fiber; 4 g Sugar; 45 mg Calcium; 2 mg Iron; 1074 mg Sodium

Raspberry Dijon Sauce

  3 Tbl Apple Raspberry Jelly                                                    Dash Cayenne Pepper

  3 Tbl Dijon Mustard                                                                1 Tsp Rice Wine Vinegar

Blend all ingredients, use on Apple Sausage or a salad.