Surprise Sausage Bundles Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large skillet, cook and crumble sausage with onion, red pepper and garlic over medium-high heat until no longer pink, 4-6 minutes. Stir in cheese; cool slightly. , Place one sheet of phyllo dough on a work surface; spritz with cooking spray. Layer with two additional phyllo sheets, spritzing each layer. (Keep remaining phyllo covered with plastic wrap and a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.) Cut phyllo crosswise into three strips (about 4-1/2-in. wide)., Place a rounded tablespoon sausage mixture near the end of each strip. Fold end of strip over filling, then fold in sides and roll up. Place on an ungreased baking sheet, seam side down. Repeat with remaining phyllo and filling., Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. If desired, tie bundles with chives. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Reserve bacon fat& saute onion until tender in the fat.
• Stir in sauerkraut, sausage, brown sugar, garlic salt, caraway and pepper.
• Cook& stir 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; add bacon.
• Set aside to cool.
• In a bowl, combine hot roll mix& one egg, water and butter& mix to form soft dough.
• Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth& elastic- about 5 minutes.
• Cover dough& let stand 10 minutes.
• Divide dough into 16 pieces.
• On a floured surface, roll each piece into a 4" circle.
• Top each circle w/ approx.
• 1/4 c.
• filling.
• Fold dough around filling, forming a ball; pinch the edges to seal.
• Place seam side down on greased cookie sheets.
• Cover w/ towels& set in warm place to rise for 30 minutes.
• Beat remaining egg; brush over bundles.
• Sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds.
• Bake@ 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add bratwurst and onion; cook and stir until onion is tender, 8-10 minutes. Stir in sauerkraut; cool slightly., In a small bowl, mix sour cream, mustard and 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds. Unfold one sheet of puff pastry. Spread with 1/3 cup sour cream mixture to within 1/2 in. of edges. Spoon 2-1/2 cups sausage mixture down center of pastry; sprinkle with 1/2 cup each Muenster and cheddar cheeses., Lightly brush edges of pastry with water; bring edges together, pinching to seal. Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet, seam side down; pinch ends and fold under. Repeat with remaining ingredients., Brush tops with water; sprinkle with remaining caraway seeds. Cut slits in pastry. Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet; cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown, about 10 minutes. Remove sausage from the skillet and let drain on paper towels. Combine melted margarine with the sausage drippings until there is 1 cup of drippings and margarine combined.
• Cook and stir onion and celery in the margarine-dripping mixture in the same skillet over medium heat until onion is tender but not browned, about 10 minutes . Stir in about 1/3 of the bread cubes. Pour onion mixture into a large bowl and stir in remaining bread cubes, sausage, poultry seasoning, and pepper. Watch your hands, it's hot. Mix well. This stuffing is ready for baking.

Steps:

• Uncase and separate sausage.
• Brown sausage in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Drain off excess drippings.
• Combine cheese, chillies, green onions and sausage in a medium bowl.
• Spoon 1 round teaspoon of sausage mixture near 1 corner of wonton wrapper.
• Brush opposite corner with water.
• Roll up "jelly roll" style.
• Moisten ends of roll with water.
• Bring ends together to make a "bundle" overlapping slightly and pressing firmly.
• Repeat with remaining filling and wrappers.
• Heat deep fryer to about 365.
• Fry bundles a few at a time for about 2 minutes or until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towel and serve.
• **Bundles may also be frozen and reheated in the oven.**.