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Place a baking sheet in the oven and heat to the very lowest - 180 or 200. Heat a large nonstick skillet to medium. Form the sausage into 4 patties (1/4 lb seems like a lot but chorizo releases a LOT of fat) and cook them until they are nice and brown on both sides - 4-5 minutes per side.
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While the sausage cooks, whisk together the cornmeal, baking powder, and maple sugar. Pour the boiling water into the bowl and mix, then whisk in the buttermilk and 1 egg until it's all just uniformly mixed.
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When the sausage patties are cooked put them on a paper towel to drain and onto the sheet in the oven. Drain off most of the fat and add a pat of butter to the pan.
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Cook the johnny cakes - scoop 1/4 cup batter into the pan for each one and cook until golden on each side - 3-4 minutes per side. As they finish cooking, move the to the oven. Ypu need 8 johnny cakes, and you may have a bit of batter left over.
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Add a bit more butter to the pan. Fry the remaining eggs - we cooked them over medium because much as we love a runny yolk, that's not the best thing for on-the-go possibly eating and driving and doing several other things at the same time. Pepper the eggs to suit your taste. When you flip the eggs, lay a slice of cheese on top of each one.
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Assembly - lay a sausage patty on top of each of 4 johnny cakes. Top each of those with an egg, then another cake. Wrap in parchment or foil to-go, and dash out the door to your busy day!
