Southwestern Sausage Benedict with a Chipotle Hollandaise Sauce

INGREDIENTS

Sausage Patties

1 Wampler’s Farm Sausage Mild Roll

¼ Red Bell Pepper, small diced

1 jalapeno, small diced 

½ shallot, minced

2 garlic cloves, minced

1T Olive oil

2 tsp Chipotle chili powder

2 tsp Paprika

2 (very heaping) tsp Cattle Dog Coffee Roasters Guatemala Direct Trade Coffee (medium roast, fine ground)

1 tsp Dried Oregano

1 tsp Rubbed Sage

½ tsp Caraway seeds

¼ tsp Cayenne 

2 tsp Brown Sugar

1 ½ tsp Salt

1 tsp Black pepper

Chipotle Hollandaise

4 Egg yolks

1 cup butter, melted and kept warm

1T Chipotle Chili Powder

2 tsp Paprika

TT Salt & White Pepper

TT Lemon Juice

Other Ingredients

1 English Muffin

2 Eggs

1T White wine vinegar

2T butter

½ bag of red bliss potatoes

TT Salt & Black Pepper

2T olive oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Bring water into a pot to boil. Add potatoes and cook for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. While potatoes are cooking. Saute the red peppers, jalapenos, shallot, and garlic in a small saute pan until they start breaking down a bit. Remove from heat and chill. 

3. Mix all of the seasonings and coffee in a small cup or bowl and season the sausage with 2/3 of the mix. Add the chilled pepper mix to the sausage and using your hands, blend thoroughly. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest together.

4. Strain potatoes. Toss with oil, salt, and black pepper and roast in the oven for approx. 10 minutes or until golden.

5. Meanwhile, whip egg yolks in a bowl slightly. Then using the double boiler method, whisk the egg yolks until light and fluffy(being careful not to COOK egg yolks, pull them off if necessary), and Double in size. Slowly add in the warm melted butter, one ounce at a time. Until all butter has been fully incorporated. Season with lemon juice, salt, and white pepper, chili powder, and paprika. Cover and reserve the water in the pot, off the heat.

6. Once the potatoes are done. Wrap with foil and keep warm in the oven.

7. Form 2-2oz sausage patties from the mixture. Heat olive oil in a saute pan and cook the patties. Flip once browning occurs on the bottom side. Once finished, cover and keep warm. 

8. Bring water and the white wine vinegar to a pot to boil. Crack in two eggs and cook for 90 seconds. Remove using a slotted spoon and place on paper towels to drain. 

9. Melt the last butter amount in a saute pan until hot and place the English muffin, cut side down, into the pan. Toast until golden brown. 

10. To Plate: Place the muffins, and cut the side up on the plate. Place one sausage patty on each half, then carefully add the poached eggs to those. Spoon the hollandaise over each egg. Finally, Spoon the potatoes to the side.