Chorizo Potato Cheese Balls

These tasty little treats make a wonderful appetizer, served warm, or at room temperature.

Ingredients

• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 1 cup grated jack or other mild low moisture cheese
• ½ kilo, or 1 pound chorizo (or any flavor of ground sausage)
• 1/3 cup fresh natilla, or sour cream
• 1 medium potato, coarsely grated (about 1 to 1½ cup)
• 2½ cups Krusteaz or Bisquick pancake/baking mix
• ½ teaspoon salt

Directions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Soak grated potato in cold water for 10 minutes.
• Grate the cheeses.
• Remove the casing from the chorizo, or sausage.
• Drain water from grated potato and blot dry in a towel to remove excess moisture.
• Using your hands, combine all ingredients and mix well.
• Form mixture into balls about the size of a walnut.
• Bake on parchment paper for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown.

Yield:  about 3 dozen