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Sausage Cheese Balls

Little baked bites of sausage, Cheddar and Parmesan held together with gluten-free baking mix and lifted with rosemary, garlic and a pinch of cayenne. Warm from the oven with a dunk of barbecue sauce, they vanish.

  • YieldMakes about 24 balls
  • Hands-on12 min
  • Total37 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 6 tbspgluten-free baking mix, a pancake and biscuit style mix with leavening already in it
  • 55 gbulk pork sausage, raw, gluten-free
  • ¾ cupCheddar cheese, shredded, about 85 g
  • 2 tbspParmesan cheese, grated
  • 0.13 tspgarlic powder
  • 0.13 tspdried rosemary, crushed
  • 1 pinchground cayenne pepper
  • ¼ cupmilk
  • 1 tbspfresh parsley, chopped

To serve

  • 60 mlbarbecue sauce, gluten-free, for dunkingoptional

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Mustard
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Anchovy
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Rice
  • Sorghum
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Potato (white)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Fennel
  • Cassava
  • Rosemary
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork
  • Gums and thickeners
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Oven

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • Under 20 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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