Garlic Sausage Pesto Appetizer Bites

No ratings yet

These garlic sausage pesto appetizer bites are the perfect dish to serve to your guests this holiday season! And I promise you won't be able to eat just one, and nor will your guests. The star ingredient is the garlic Johnsonville Summer Sausage. The sausage is filled with the best cuts of meat and smoked over real hardwoods, and you can definitely taste it in it's smoky, rich, umami flavor.

Prep Time15

Cook Time6

Course: Appetizer, snacks

Servings: bites

Calories: 161.67kcal

Author: Jillian Tohber Leslie

Ingredients

1 Johnsonville Garlic Summer Sausage
1 package Phyllo dough
¼ cup of melted butter
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
¼ cup of chopped red bell pepper
2 tablespoons of chopped chives or italian parsley
½ cup of pesto you can substitute tomato sauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400F.
Start by preparing your phyllo dough. Spread out one sheet of phyllo dough on a large cutting board. With a pastry brush paint a layer of melted button on the sheet.
Place another sheet on top. Again, spread on a layer of melted butter. Repeat until you have 5 sheets stacked.
Using a sharp knife, cut phyllo dough into three inch squares.
Place each square into a mini muffin tin making sure to press the square down so to create a cup.
Next start adding your toppings. Spread a teaspoon of pesto sauce on the bottom of each cup, followed by cheese, peppers and garlic sausage.
The cheese will cook down so be sure to fill the cups full. Bake at 400F degrees for 6 minutes, or until the tops of the phyllo dough start to turn a goldern brown.
Sprinkle with chopped scallions and serve them right out of the oven so the cheese is nice and melted.

Notes

I added a dab of pesto, some jack cheese, bell pepper, and scallions to each bite. And it's all held together in a little cup of phyllo dough.

Nutrition