Heat and Serve Patties

[bregent]

Been thinking about making heat and serve breakfast patties and trying to figure the best way. I've thought of forming the patties, placing on layers of wax paper and then into a bag and sous vide. Or maybe shape into log, sous vide, then slice.

Anyone have a tried and true workflow?

 

[browneyesvictim]

I had been making patties for a long time, using wax paper like you said, except I left them raw, then froze them. Now I roll the sausage into a log then freeze it, then run the log through my slicer when it is half frozen. I also use the patty paper from Lisa at Vacuumsealersunlimited. I got tired of cutting the waxed paper and these are pretty cheap. I use them for cheese, as well as beef and sausage patties. Cheap, and will last me a long time too.
http://shop.vacuumsealersunlimited.com/Hamburger-Patty-Paper_c164.htm

With that said, nce the sliced patties are frozen they wont stick to each other and you don't need the paper between them and can just go loose in a ziplock bag kept in your freezer.

I still leave my patties raw, but I imagine you could pre-cook the log like a fatty then freeze then slice. I might just try that actually.

 

[motocrash]

That sounds like a good idea to "par boil" them.I would think a single layer of 4-6 per bag would work good but that's just conjecture.I don't have a SV machine...YET.

 

[oberst]

For any patty or burger I first get a measure, like a half cup, fill that with sausage and then form that into a round ball. I put that into a thin sandwich bag. I then put that into a hamburger press and press as flat as I want. I stack those in the freezer, and then vac wrap them when frozen into packages from 1 to 6 burgers. They easily come out of the sandwich bags when frozen. This way the press stays clean and easy to use and the seal bags can be reused without washing.