Cranberry Sausage Bites

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Christmas, North American

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 25

Servings: servings

Calories: 243kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

Oven-roasted smoked sausage is topped with a slice of aged cheddar cheese and dressed with cranberries. The big-bite combination of salty sausage, and creamy cheese, with sweet and bitter cranberries, is delightful!

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Ingredients

1 pound smoked sausage, use cured, ready to eat smoked sausage cut into 1/2 inch slices
1/2 pound aged cheddar cheese, cut into 1/4 thick slices
14 ounce canned whole cranberry sauce

Instructions

Place the sausage slices onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place it in your oven and turn the oven on to 425 degrees F. (There is no need to preheat the oven first.) Once the oven reaches 425 degrees F, bake the sausage for 2-3 minutes and remove it from the oven. The sausage should be lightly browned. Transfer the sausage to a plate lined with a paper towel to absorb the grease. Allow the sausage to cool for 10 minutes.
In the meantime, slice the aged white cheddar so that each piece is roughly one-inch square and about ½ inch thick.
Next, transfer the canned whole cranberries to a bowl and use a small fork to gently pick out the best-looking cranberries. Set those aside.
Once the sausage has cooled, transfer them to a serving plate and top each circle with a piece of cheese. Top that with one of the cranberries and a little bit of the sauce. Pierce from the top down with a cocktail pick or toothpick to secure all three components together.
Garnish and serve.

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