Fire Balls
12 ounces jalapeno peppers, canned
1 cup buttermilk baking mix
6 ounces mozzarella cheese -- shredded
1 pound sausage
6 ounces seasoned bread crumbs
* 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.
1. 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.
2. Stuff peppers lightly with cheese, then set aside.
3. 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 seasoning of your choice.
4. Using a lightly greased skillet, brown sausage balls until the
sausage is thoroughly cooked, turning several times.