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- Hey everybody, it's Bobby here.
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You know, New Year's is right around the corner
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and we all love a good New Year's Eve hors d'oeuvre
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for our parties and our guests
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that are coming over to our house.
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I've got a great one for you today that is courtesy
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of a good friend of our family, Ben Mitchell.
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So thanks to you, Ben, for this idea.
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and there are probably many variations of 'em.
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My mom used to do 'em when I was a kid,
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but this is the one that Ben suggested.
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So we are going to start with,
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I've got two pounds of sausage here
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that I've already browned off and drained
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and let cool, okay, you're gonna be using your hands,
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so you wanna make sure
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that your sausage has had an opportunity to cool
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so you don't burn yourself.
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And this sausage is just a mild,
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so depending on if you like it spicy,
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you could go with spicy sausage, whatever.
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There are many, many different types of sausages.
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Two pounds, I cooked it off in the skillet,
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drained it really well so it's dry and cool.
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So to the sausage, we are going to add pimento cheese.
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- [Theresa] That's a unique ingredient.
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I've never heard of it. - It is a unique ingredient.
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I have not heard of it either.
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And this is, again, thanks to our friend Ben Mitchell.
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So I can't wait to see how these come out.
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Now, with two pounds of sausage
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we should get several dozen balls.
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I'm gonna use a tablespoon or a soup spoon
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to sort of form them.
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And depending on how big or small you make them,
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you'll get more or you'll get less.
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Now, if you like a little bit of hot,
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little bit of of jalapeño here.
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Ben says he goes with like half a jar of jalapeño.
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I'm just adding maybe a tablespoon of jalapeño.
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- [Theresa] He does a double batch too though,
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so that's probably about a quarter of a cup per batch.
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But I'm not that brave either.
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I don't want mine to be that hot.
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I would rather mine be a little more on the mild side.
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Okay, so a little salt.
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We are going to add, now this is my mother's biscuit mix,
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and oh boy is it good.
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So the biscuit mix is gonna go right in too.
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These are gonna be fantastic, I just know it.
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And I'm gonna add in two cups, wow,
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of shredded cheddar cheese.
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Ben, you're a maniac.
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This is not a light recipe, by the way, at all.
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Have a good time on New Year's Eve.
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Okay, and I'm going to use my hands
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to marry all of this together.
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My hands are clean, by the way.
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I just washed them right before I began
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to dig in right here.
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Oh boy, this smells, the aroma coming out of this
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pimento cheese and sausage mixture is just fantastic.
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These are gonna go fast,
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so when your party starts, have 'em ready.
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Don't have to go back and make more.
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Okay, so let's take a little break
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while I mix this together
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and I'll see you in just a couple minutes, okay?
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Okay, I'm rolling out these sausage balls.
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I'm trying to get a consistent size,
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and if you look at 'em, I think they're all
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pretty similar in size and shape.
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I've been able to get four rows of five.
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and I've still got a lot of mixture left in my bowl here.
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So this is gonna make a nice amount of sausage balls.
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Now, a couple things.
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Ben said that you could form these sausage balls
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and put these in the freezer and freeze 'em hard,
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maybe put 'em into a zip bag or something like that,
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freeze 'em hard and then you could cook them
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and then they would come out
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really firm, round sausage balls.
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If they're a little warm when you put 'em in the oven,
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then they might come out a little more cookie consistency,
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they might flatten out a little bit, but we'll see.
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We're gonna pop these into the oven 400 degrees
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for about 15 minutes.
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So Theresa, would you do the honors please
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while I go wash my hands?
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- [Theresa] Absolutely. - I'll see you
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in just a few minutes.
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Everybody, the sausage balls came out really nice.
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They flattened a little bit, 'cause they were still
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kinda warm whenever I balled 'em up.
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they're sort of cookie-like, and I have no problem
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with them being in this shape and size.
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I would be happy to be served this
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at any New Year's Eve party,
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so thanks very much to Ben.
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Thanks Ben for the recipe.
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Let's see how they taste.
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That is one delishtij, hmm, delishtij,
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That is one delicious sausage ball, sausage cookie,
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whatever you wanna call it.
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Happy New Year, everybody.
