Chicken Apple Sausage Patties

• For the Sausage:
• 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• 1 (4 ounce) package pancetta
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed toasted fennel seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh sage
• 2 Granny Smith apples
• For the Pan Gravy:
• 1/2 tablespoon oil, or as needed
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 8 leaves fresh sage (optional)
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 cups chicken broth, or more as needed
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1/3 cup creme fraiche
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 4 buttermilk biscuits, split

1. Cut chicken thighs into 1-inch pieces. Chop pancetta finely using a meat cleaver until paste-like in texture. Mix chicken and pancetta together. Sprinkle salt, pepper, thyme, fennel, coriander, cayenne, nutmeg, and sage. Mix until combined and place mixture on a plate; cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 15 to 20 minutes before grinding.
2. Peel and quarter apples. Grate apples into a bowl. Place grated apples in a paper towel and squeeze all the water out. Add apples to the partially frozen chicken sausage meat.
3. Place 1/2 of the chicken mixture in a food processor. Pulse on and off until mixture is slightly finer than coarse sausage. Repeat with the remaining chicken. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate to let the flavors develop, 4 hours to overnight.
4. Use a large ice cream scoop to portion out the meat. Flatten scoops with dampened hands to make patties about the same size as your biscuits.
5. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook patties until bottom is browned and leaves a deep brown fond in the skillet, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and flip patties over. Add butter and sage leaves. Cook until patties are firm to the touch, removing leaves once they stop bubbling, about 5 minutes more. Remove patties.
6. Whisk flour into the pan; cook and stir until starting to thicken, about 1 minute. Pour in broth and bring to a boil, whisking the browned bits of food off the bottom of the skillet. Add maple syrup and creme fraiche; season with salt and pepper. Cook until gravy is spoonable and reaches desired thickness, 2 to 3 minutes more. Add more broth if gravy is too thick. Remove from heat.
7. Place biscuit halves on individual plates. Top each with a chicken sausage patty; spoon gravy on top. Garnish each with a fried sage leaf.

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Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/268769/chicken-apple-sausage-patties/ (may not work)