Festive sausage cups

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
Pastry for double pie crust; 9 inches
1poundsBulk hot pork sausage
6Green onion; chopped
1tablespoonButter
½cupCanned mushrooms; chopped
¼cupStuffed olives; thinly sliced
¾teaspoonSalt
¼teaspoonPepper
¼cupAll-purpose flour
2cupsWhipping cream
1cupSwiss cheese; shredded
Chopped stuffed olives

Directions

On a lightly floured surface roll pastry to ⅛ inch thickness. Cut with a 2½ inch round cookie cutter. Press onto the boottom and up the sides of greased mini muffin cups. Bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. In a skillet, brown sausage; drain well and set aside. In the same skillet, saute onions in butter until tender. Add mushrooms, sliced olives, salt and pepper.

Sprinkle with flour. Add cream; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir in sausage. Reduce heat; simmer until thickened, about 5-10 minutes, stirring constantly. Spoon into pastry cups; sprinkle with cheese. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Garnish with chopped olives. Serve hot. Yield: 4 dozen Recipe by: Gail Watkins-Taste of Home-Oct/Nov 1997 Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.