Balling with Sausage and Olives

This entire week will be spent shopping for and preparing the food for the oyster roast. I like to get as much prep work done as I can ahead of time so that I am not overly stressed on the day of the gathering.

Of course, we had to finish all the decorating too.

And the yard work.

And Christmas shopping.

Good grief. Whose idea was this anyway?! Yes. I know. Quit laughing.

Yesterday I rolled balls. Cheese and olive balls and sausage balls. And, because a couple of you requested the recipes, here they are:

Sausage Balls

1 lb. sausage (I used turkey sausage this year, organic with as little processing as possible-hotness level depends on personal preference)

1 lb. sharp cheddar (I am using extra sharp this year with NO DYE)

3 cups Bisquick (Bisquick now makes a gluten free baking mix so I used that)

Grate cheese and let soften, mix with sausage and Bisquick.  Roll into balls.  Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30- minutes. **I pre-make the balls every year and put them in the freezer until the day of the festivities. And I do not thaw them before baking. Seriously, I find that this works even better than cooking them without freezing. Of course, my mother has no difficulty doing it either way. ***I double this recipe and get over 200 balls.

Cheese and Olive Balls

1/4 lb sharp cheddar (I am using extra sharp with NO DYE)

1/4 lb butter, melted (I used butter from grass fed cows- and I will make another batch using Vegan butter)

1/4 lb all purpose flour (gluten free, of course)

You can add a little cayenne pepper for a kick if you like that sort of thing

olives

I mix the cheese and flour together first and then add the butter. Once mixed, shape dough around olive and roll into ball. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes. ** Same story here with the pre-making and freezing. ***I quadruple this recipe and get about 120-140 balls.

The dough and the olives...

You kind of have to play with the dough to make it pliable before it will wrap around the olive...just pretend you're a kid playing with Play-Doh!

I put them in the freezer on a tray until they get hard enough not to get smushed when I put them in the zip locks!

AND NOW it's time for today's blogger participating in the ---

 TERI is celebrating Christmas with "Cowboy Style" this year. 

Stop by The Freshman Cook and see what she has rustled up, as they prepare 5 different food gifts "For the Cowboy in all of Us "!!

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