Sweet Potato Sausage Balls

We love to entertain our friends and family and that means I need to have a great little appetizer that is easy and always crowd pleasing. Our Sweet Potato Sausage Balls do just that, this is a recipe that can come out of the freezer and be on the table in no time. The flavors in this sausage ball are a blend of American cuisine, with a vegetable,and a little heat in the back of your mouth, just wait for it. Our cottage visitors just love this recipe!

Sweet Potato Sausage Balls

Served With

Cranberry Jelly

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Let's Make Some Sweet Potato Sausage Balls!

Brown The Sausage and Vegetables

Puree The Sweet Potatoes and 

Mix The Dry Ingredients

Add The Potato Puree To 

The Sausage and Dry Ingredients

Add The Cheese

Roll The Balls

Bake and Cool

Sweet Potato Sausage Balls

Miz Helen's Kitchen

Ingredients

1 pound regular pork sausage

1 pound hot pork sausage

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 yellow onion, minced

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, minced

1 (29 ounce) can sweet potatoes, drained, pureed

1-1/2 cups all purpose flour

1-3/4 cups corn meal

2-1/4 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 (8 ounce) block of cream cheese, softened

2 cups, cheddar and Monterey Jack Mix cheese, shredded

Serve with

Cranberry Jelly

Directions

In a food processor, place the onion, garlic and jalapeno into the processor. Pulse the processor until the products are minced together.

In a large skillet, brown the sausage with the onion,garlic and pepper.

Drain the sweet potatoes, place into a mixing bowl and mash until they are completely pureed.

In a very large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.

Pinch small amounts of the cream cheese into the flour mixture, then add the sausage mixture and last add the sweet potato puree.

Mix until completely blended.

Add the cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese mix until a ball can be formed from the mix.

Using a 2 inch scoop, form the sausage balls, then place on a parchment covered cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes until lightly browned on top.

Serve with Miz Helen's Cranberry Jelly.

Enjoy!

Recipe Tip:

This recipe can be frozen up to 3 months.

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Served With

Miz Helen's Cranberry Jelly

Thanks so much for spending some time in the kitchen with us today, it is always so much fun to cook with a friend. Hope you enjoy the Sweet Potato Sausage Balls that we made and don't forget to take a jar of that jelly home with you! Hope you have a fantastic week and come back to see us real soon!

Peace and Joy

Miz Helen

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