This is what happens when a sausage maker stops playing it safe. Broadleaf's Smoked Duck & Pork Sausage pairs two of the most fat-forward proteins you can find — rich, gamey duck and well-marbled heritage pork — then hits them with apple brandy and chunks of potato before cold-smoking the whole thing into something genuinely unlike anything else in your freezer. Made in the USA, it comes as 4 links (4oz each), pre-smoked and ready to finish on the grill or in a cast iron.

The apple brandy isn't a gimmick. Brandy's natural acidity works on the proteins during the cure, and its fruit-forward sweetness is the bridge between duck's assertive flavor and pork's savory fat. The potato adds both moisture retention and a subtle starchy body that makes the texture feel almost handmade — because it is.