Earlier this week, as Mark and I were out doing a grocery shopping, we were trying to figure out what to make for dinner that night. We were in the refrigerated section picking up juice and milk when I saw the crescent rolls and it started my mind turning. Initially I thought, since we don't really eat hot dogs in our house, of taking sausage (which I knew we had in the freezer) and make crescent dogs. Then I thought, what if I chop up the sausage before I cook it, to make it look like ground meat instead, and stuff that inside a crescent roll with cheese and some spices? So...a new recipe was born.
The freezer revealed some Turkey Bratwurst sausages so that is what we used to make this recipe. Any type of sausage would work though.
Spicy Sausage Crescent Roll Ups
6 Sausages,
uncooked & chopped
3 tbsp Red wine
vinegar
3 tbsp Worcestershire
sauce
2 tbsp Cajun
seasoning
2 tbsp Greek
seasoning
4 tbsp Parmesan
cheese, grated
3 tbsp Hot BBQ
Sauce
4-5 dashes Hot Sauce (I
used Tabasco)
2 containers Crescent rolls
8 slices Brie (or
another creamy style cheese)
¼ cup Marble
cheese, shredded
PINCH Habanero
Salt
Start by chopping up the sausages into small pieces for frying in a
frying pan.
In a mixing bowl, combine the chopped up sausage with the vinegar,
Worcestershire sauce, Cajun and Greek seasonings and Parmesan cheese. Allow to marinate together for a couple of
hours.
Drain any excess liquid that forms in the mixing bowl and add the meat
mixture to a frying pan over medium high heat.
Cook the meat mixture until cooked through, draining off any excess
liquid as necessary. Add the hot BBQ
sauce and the hot sauce to the mixture once cooked through and mix to coat
while in the frying pan.
In the meantime, turn on the oven and start preheating it to 375°F.
Lay out your crescent rolls and add the two types of cheese and the
habanero salt to the roll up.
Once the meat is fully cooked and seasoned to taste, divide the meat
mixture evenly amongst the crescent rolls.
If there is leftover meat, use some as a garnish on the top of the
roll up once they have been rolled.
Roll the crescent rolls up, tucking in the ends as you roll them up.
Set on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking
spray.
Pop it into the oven and allow to cook for 15-17 minutes.
Makes 8 rollups
