Cook the Book: Pork Sausage Spiedini with Bocconcini and Cherry Tomatoes

Cook the Book: Pork Sausage Spiedini with Bocconcini and Cherry Tomatoes
Cook the Book: Pork Sausage Spiedini with Bocconcini and Cherry Tomatoes is a gluten free and primal main course. One serving contains 488 calories, 22g of protein, and 45g of fat. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up fragrant olive oil, sausage meat removed from its casings, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 400°F.
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In a medium bowl, use a fork to break up the bulk sausage.
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Add the minced garlic, the 3 tablespoons minced basil, the salt, and the pepper, and blend the ingredients with the fork. Form balls of the sausage mixture, the same size as the cherry tomatoes. (The heat of your hands will soften the fat in the meat and bind the shape.)
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Place the meatballs on a rimmed baking sheet.
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Bake until they are brown and have rendered their fat into the baking sheet, 12 minutes.
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Thread the meatballs, bocconcini, and cherry tomatoes onto 12-inch bamboo skewers, alternating and using 2 of each per skewer.
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Drizzle olive oil over the skewers and sprinkle with the remaining minced basil.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings6
Health Score2
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