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Easy Cheesy Sausage Pesto Ring

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 16 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened,
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 3/4 pound ground Italian Sausage
  • 1/4 onion, chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1/3 cup basil pesto
  • 3 oz. cream cheese, cubed and softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • salt to taste (I didn’t use any)
  • 2 16.3 oz. pkgs. refrigerated biscuits (I use Pillsbury Grand)
  • 8 oz. shredded Italian cheese blend, divided (about 2 cups)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Grease a 12 cup bundt pan with 2 tablespoons softened butter. Set aside.
  • Cook sausage, onions and red pepper flakes in a large skillet over medium high heat until sausage is cooked through. Stir in pesto and cream cheese until evenly combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Lay biscuits out separately on a flat surface. Top each biscuit with a heaping tablespoon sausage pesto mixture followed by 1 tablespoon cheese.
  • Stack four biscuits together, turn on their side and place in bundt pan. Repeat with the remaining biscuits, arranging biscuit stacks in pan to create a ring. If you have extra sausage pesto mixture, stuff it in between some of the biscuits. Drizzle ring evenly with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
  • Bake Ring for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese (about 1 cup) and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and cheese is melted. Broil cheese until golden, watching closely so it doesn’t burn.
  • Cool bread in the pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan. Serve warm.

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