Maple Fennel Country Sausage Patties

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 pound ground pork
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or vegetable oil

Directions

Combine salt and pepper, fennel in the bottom of a bowl. Add pork and mix to combine spices. Pour 2 tablespoons maple syrup over the pork and work the meat again to combine the maple syrup. Form meat into patties, 2 to 3 inches round. Cook patties in 1 tablespoon oil in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat 4 or 5 minutes on each side. Drain sausage patties on towel lined plate, then serve.