Coffee Infused Maple Syrup Glazed Sausage & Egg Sandwich

INGREDIENTS

2 cups Cattle Dog Coffee Roasters Guatemala Direct Trade coffee (brewed strong) 

¼ cup maple syrup

¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

1 pound Wampler's All Natural Omega-3 Sausage

2 tablespoons butter (melted)

3 hoagie rolls (split and cut in half) 

½ teaspoon Kosher salt

½ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper

6 extra large eggs

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Place ground coffee, maple syrup and crushed red pepper into a small pan, bring to boil and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer until it coats a spoon. (about 10 minutes)

  • Divide sausage into 6 equal portions and shape into patties. Heat skillet over medium high heat, add patties and cook for 2 minutes on each side. Brush well with coffee syrup mixture on both sides and cook an additional 2 minutes per side or until no longer pink in the center.  Brush patties with coffee syrup once more. 

  • Brush inside of hoagie rolls with butter then heat on skillet until golden brown. Then brush with coffee syrup mixture.

  • Brush outside of rolls with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. 

  • Add remaining butter into a skillet over medium heat, add eggs (making sure not to break yolks) sprinkle with salt. Cook for a minute, flip and cook an additional 30 second. 

  • To put sandwich together, place sausage onto bottom half of rolls, top with egg. Place top of roll onto plate, so it is partly leaning on the sandwich. 

  • Makes 6 sandwiches