Recipe: Fire Balls (using jalapenos, sausage and Bisquick)

FIRE BALLS

12 ounces jalapeno peppers, canned
6 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided use
1 pound ground pork sausage
1 cup buttermilk baking mix (Bisquick)
6 ounces seasoned bread crumbs*

Cut off stem ends and remove seeds from the peppers. Rinse peppers to remove seeds, but allow some seeds to remain if you like them hotter. Stuff peppers lightly with some of the cheese; set aside.

Thoroughly mix sausage, biscuit mix, and remaining cheese. Make small patties from the mixture. Place a pepper in the center of each patty, then wrap and seal the dough around the pepper. Coat one or two balls at a time by shaking them in a plastic bag with the pork breading mix or breading of your choice.

Using a lightly greased skillet, brown sausage balls until the sausage is thoroughly cooked, turning several times.

*Use a spicy breading mix made for pork or for less spicy dish use unseasoned fine dry bread crumbs. A mixture of pork breading crumbs and plain crumbs is good to use.

Makes 4 servings
Source: Jo Anne Merrill