Sausage Balls
For the momentous start of this blog, I chose to make Sausage Balls. To be honest - I don’t remember my mom making these at all. But the recipe stood out to me because even though I have no memory of it, my mom must have liked it enough to copy it down - twice. Her collection contained two hand written versions of this recipe that I never even tried. I don’t know when she got the recipe, or who she got it from. I would imagine, based on the color of the papers, it was a long time ago.
I can see how this was a great recipe for Mom to have in her arsenal - the sausage balls were easy to make and, for the most part, used ingredients I already had at home. But next time I’d go for some regular ritz crackers (or something similar to a cracker my mom probably had when she got this recipe) rather than the bougie artisanal ones I had left over from the previous day’s cheese board. The ones I used weren’t particularly crumbly, so the meat mixture came out too wet. Luckily it was an easy fix - I just crushed up and added some more bougie crackers.
They were delicious!!!
These sweet little sausage balls proved to be a tasty little treat - perfect for our wild and crazy Sunday night plans of watching Supermarket Sweep.
“Pair the sausage balls with pinot noir. The sweet aroma and spiciness of the wine accentuates the flavor of the sweet Italian sausage.”
