Creole Sausage

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground pork
• 1/4 cup minced yellow or white onion
• 2 small cloves garlic, minced or pressed
• 3/4 teaspoon minced fresh small red or green chile
• 2 teaspoons cider or red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon hot or sweet Hungarian paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 small bay leaf, vein removed, leaf finely chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper