Dirty South Sausage Balls

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 lbs bulk lamb sausage (half mild and half spicy)
• 1/2 lb softened cream cheese
• 1/4 cup snipped chives (or substitute green onions)
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 3 cups panko breadcrumbs
• 1 lb frozen puff pastry, thawed
• scallion (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f
• 2 in large bowl, combine lamb sausage, cream cheese, chives, cayenne, salt, pepper and lemon juice. fold bread crumbs into meat-cheese mixture until fully combined. roll mixture into 1-inch balls.
• 3 wrap a 1 ½ -inch square of puff pastry around each ball, stretching to cover. pinch seams to seal. place seam-side down on greased cookie sheet and bake at 400 f for 10 minutes. serve garnished with chopped or julienned scallions. makes about 24 small balls.
• 4 to freeze: freeze unbaked balls. bake them (still frozen) at 375 f for about 17 to 20 minutes, or until browned.