mini essentials: awesome sausage bites

How To Make mini essentials: awesome sausage bites

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  PREP/PREPARE
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  Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
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  Chef’s Note: Not all breakfast sausages are created equal. Some contain more fat than pork. To test out your breakfast sausage, cook up one patty in a skillet. If it winds up swimming in a sea of grease, you need another brand. Better yet, why not make your own. Here is a recipe for you: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/breakfast/meat-breakfast/early-morning-eats-homemade-breakfast-sausage.html?r=1
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  Add the sausage to a skillet over medium-low heat, and allow to slowly cook until any excess fat renders.
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  Remove from the pan, and drain on paper towels, and allow to cool.
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  Chef’s Note: Don’t completely cook the sausage, just lightly cook it to render some of the fat.
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  Place a rack in the middle position, and preheat the oven to 375f (190c).
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  Thaw out the puff pastry, and lay on a clean, lightly floured surface, and cut in half.
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  Combine the sausage with the dried spices, and the cheese.
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  Chef’s Note: I choose Colby cheese because it holds up to the baking process, and has a nice mild flavor that does not overpower the sausage.
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  Place the sausage mixture on one side of the puff pastry.
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  Roll the log together, until it slightly overlaps, and use some of the egg wash to seal the seam.
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  Chef’s Note: You only want it to slightly overlap. If you have any extra, just cut it off.
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  Place seam-side down, and brush with the egg wash.
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  Cut into thick pieces, and then put the sausage bites on a parchment-lined baking sheet, fitted with a wire rack.
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  Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake until golden brown, about 15 – 18 minutes.
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  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Serve while still nice and warm, and watch them disappear. Enjoy.
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  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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