Holiday Chicken Sausage Wreath
Holiday Chicken Sausage Wreath
This easy to make “wreath” can be adapted to any number of flavor concepts, and makes a great looking centerpiece for your holiday table.
Ingredients
- 3 Gilbert’s Chicken Sausages, 1/2-inch slices on the bias
- 2 (8-oz) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 1 cup Figs (sun-dried or fresh), sliced
- 1 tbsp Brown sugar
- Balsamic glaze, to taste
- 1 cup Goat cheese crumbles
- 1 1/2 cups Arugula
- 1 Egg (for egg wash)
Instructions
We made this one extra fancy, with caramelized figs, goat cheese and arugula. The flavors were nicely enhanced by serving with olives and garnishing with rosemary for scent. Drizzle some extra balsamic glaze on your plate for dipping!
If we made this one again, we'd increase the diameter a bit by pulling the crescent roll triangles farther apart. The trick is to not make it too thick on the bottom with overlapping dough, yet give yourself enough at the tapered end to wrap all the way around your filling.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Caramelize your sliced figs by tossing with brown sugar and sauteeing over medium-high heat
- When sugar becomes sticky (about 3-4 minutes), coat with about 1 tsp of balsamic glaze, remove from heat
- You can add some lemon juice to keep everything from sticking
- Brown your sausage slices in a skillet on medium-high heat (optional, but will enhance flavor)
- Roll out your crescent roll dough – you should have a total of 16 triangles. Arrange in a circle, with pointed ends out.
- Around the base of the circle, arrange sausages, figs, goat cheese crumbles and arugula
- Add a crisscross of balsamic glaze around the entire ring
- Fold triangles over to seal, trim off any excess dough
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes – in the last 5 minutes brush with egg to make the dough crispy and brown
- Remove from oven, cool for 5-10 minutes and slice to serve