Biscuit Sausage Balls ~ 6 oz bulk pork sausage

½ recipe buttermilk biscuit dough
about 1 tbsp Dijon-style mustard
egg wash made by beating 1 egg with 1 tsp water
1 tbsp caraway seeds

1.  In a skillet cook the sausage over moderate heat, stirring and breaking up any
lumps, until it is no longer pink, transfer it with a slotted spoon to a bowl, and let
cool.

2.  Roll out the dough slightly less than 1/8-inch thick on a lightly floured surface
and with a 2½ inch round cutter dipped in flour cut out as many rounds as
possible, reserving the scraps, covered.

3.  Put 1/8 tsp of the mustard in the center of each round and top with a ball of
sausage about the size of a cherry.  Wrap the dough around the sausage and
seal the edges, overlapping them, with some egg wash.  Gather the reserved
scraps, reroll the dough, and make more sausage balls in the same manner.  
The biscuit sausage balls may be prepared up to 1 week in advance and kept
wrapped well and frozen.

4.  Arrange the sausage balls seam side down on an ungreased baking sheet,
brush them with the remaining egg wash, and sprinkle each ball with about 1/8
teaspoon of the caraway seeds.  Bake the sausage balls in a preheated 425
degree F. oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until they
are golden.

About 24 hors d'oeuvres

High Altitude   Unlike cakes and breads, biscuits should require no adjustment of
the leavening.