Sausage Appetizer Puffs Recipe

Sausage is flavored with spicy Fennel and sharp grated Parmesan in this heavy appetizer. Feel free to experiment with different cheeses; yellow or white cheddar would be delicious in this recipe too. Plan for about one puff per person. This recipe easily doubles or triples.

Ingredients

• 1/2 poud

  Ground sausage, browned

• 1 sheet

  puff pastry, thawed

• 1/3 cup

  grated Parmesan

• 1 teaspoon

  fennel seeds

• 1 egg + 1 Tablespoon milk

  for egg wash (optional but pretty)

• 1 can

  pizza sauce

Directions

Brown and drain the sausage. Stir together with the Parmesan and fennel seeds.

Pre-heat the oven to 400-degrees.

Smooth out the puff pastry, cut into three rectangles, following the creases. Spoon the sausage filling on to one of the sides of the pastry, leaving a half-an-inch of dough along the edge. Don’t worry about any leftover filling, it’s going in the dipping sauce.

Flip the pastry over onto itself, covering the filling. Use a fork to press down the edges on all four sides.

Combine the egg and milk and use a pastry brush to brush over the dough. Use the fork to prick the center of each puff to let the steam out.

Bake the puffs for 25-28 minutes on 400-degrees, until medium-golden. Cool for five minutes. Slice them down the middle.

Add the pizza sauce to the leftover filling, microwave on high for one minute. Serve immediately with the warm puffs.