Shelly's Recipe

FIRE BALLS

Category: Hot

12 oz Jalapeno peppers, canned
1 cup buttermilk baking mix
6 oz mozzarella cheese -- shredded
1 lb sausage
6 oz seasoned bread crumbs*

Cut off stem ends from the peppers. Stuff peppers lightly with cheese, then set aside. Thoroughly mix sausage, biscuit mix, and remaining cheese. Make small patties from the mixture. Place a pepper in the center of each patty, then wrap and seal the dough around the pepper. Coat one or two balls at a time by shaking in a plastic bag with the pork breading mix or seasoning of your choice.

In a lightly greased skillet, brown sausage balls until the sausage is thoroughly cooked, turning several times. Let cool a bit on a paper towel and serve. * Use a spicy breading mix made for pork or for less spicy dish use unseasoned fine dry bread crumbs. A mixture of pork breading crumbs and plain crumbs is good to use.