By Mike Thayer
Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m going to find out. Over the next couple weeks, I’m preparing, eating and, ‘surviving’ on appetizers alone.
For breakfast on this day, I decided to go with “Breakfast Puffs.”
What the hell is a breakfast puff you ask? It’s a bite sized pastry filled with meat and cheese and let me tell you, that bite is AWESOME!
Breakfast Puffs
Ingredients:
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 egg, beaten
- dash of garlic powder
- dash of black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili flake
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 pound pork sausage
- 1/4 cup roasted red pepper, minced
- 2 Tablespoons bourbon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown sausage in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add roasted red pepper, black pepper, pepper flake and bourbon, stir until incorporated and once browned, set aside. In a separate pan, melt butter in 1/4 cup boiling water and a pinch of salt. Add flour, stir vigorously. Stir until the mixture forms a ball that does not separate. Remove from heat and cool. Add egg, Parmesan cheese and garlic powder, beat vigorously to incorporate. Drop dough onto greased cookie sheet, using 1 level teaspoon of dough for each puff. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove puffs from oven, cool and split. Fill each puff with the sausage filling and serve. Serving Option: Drizzle with melted Velveeta cheese.
This appetizer ‘meal’ cost me about $3 to prepare which is VERY Bachelor on the Cheap friendly! Did it fill me up? Yes! But I must admit there are no leftover puffs these were so good! I did have more than enough filling however, which will refrigerate nicely for another application.
Help support the continued content for Shopping, Dining, Best Deals, Product & Service Reviews, Tips, Hacks, Recipes and other great information by buying me a coffee. Your support to keep Bachelor on the Cheap a free resource is much appreciated! ~ Mike
The 'Living on Appetizers' Challenge – Breakfast Puffs – Bachelor on the Cheap
By Mike Thayer
Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m going to find out. Over the next couple weeks, I’m preparing, eating and, ‘surviving’ on appetizers alone.
For breakfast on this day, I decided to go with “Breakfast Puffs.”
What the hell is a breakfast puff you ask? It’s a bite sized pastry filled with meat and cheese and let me tell you, that bite is AWESOME!
Breakfast Puffs
Ingredients:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown sausage in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add roasted red pepper, black pepper, pepper flake and bourbon, stir until incorporated and once browned, set aside. In a separate pan, melt butter in 1/4 cup boiling water and a pinch of salt. Add flour, stir vigorously. Stir until the mixture forms a ball that does not separate. Remove from heat and cool. Add egg, Parmesan cheese and garlic powder, beat vigorously to incorporate. Drop dough onto greased cookie sheet, using 1 level teaspoon of dough for each puff. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove puffs from oven, cool and split. Fill each puff with the sausage filling and serve. Serving Option: Drizzle with melted Velveeta cheese.
This appetizer ‘meal’ cost me about $3 to prepare which is VERY Bachelor on the Cheap friendly! Did it fill me up? Yes! But I must admit there are no leftover puffs these were so good! I did have more than enough filling however, which will refrigerate nicely for another application.
Help support the continued content for Shopping, Dining, Best Deals, Product & Service Reviews, Tips, Hacks, Recipes and other great information by buying me a coffee. Your support to keep Bachelor on the Cheap a free resource is much appreciated! ~ Mike