Italian Sausage Dip
This Italian Sausage Dip is naturally gluten-free and will become the star at every party. It's a super flavorful sausage dip made with cream cheese, banana peppers, and gorgonzola cheese, and it is perfectly spicy, creamy, and delicious.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Large skillet
- Large spoon or hand mixer
- 9 inch baking dish or casserole dish
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lb ground italian sausage or use sausage links and remove the casings.
- 5 medium banana peppers seeds removed and chopped.
- 3-4 medium garlic cloves chopped
- 2 8 ounce packages of cream cheese
- 1 8 ounce container of sour cream
- 1 5-ounce container of gorgonzola cheese crumbles
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
- 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Start by gathering all of the ingredients. You'll want to take the cream cheese out ahead of time to soften it. Also, slice the banana peppers in half, remove the seeds, and then chop them into small pieces.
- Place the cream cheese, sour cream, gorgonzola cheese, and parmesan cheese in a large mixing bowl. Set the bowl aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet, and cook the Italian sausage until no longer pink, about 5-7 minutes. Break the sausage into small pieces as it cooks. Drain excess grease.
- Place the cooked sausage on the cream cheese and other ingredients in the bowl.
- In the same sauté pan, heat the rest of the olive oil and cook the banana peppers until they soften about 3-4 minutes. Drain any extra liquid.
- Stir the garlic in with the peppers and cook for another 2 minutes until the garlic becomes fragrant.
- Pour the banana peppers and garlic into the bowl with the sausage.
- Using a large spoon or a hand mixer, mix the ingredients.
- Give the sausage dip a taste for salt. If needed, start with 1/4 teaspoon and add more until you get the desired flavor.
- Spread the Italian sausage dip mixture into a 9-inch casserole dish or baking dish.
- Cover the dish with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and continue cooking for another 10 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
- Remove the dip from the oven and let it rest for about 5-10 minutes; this helps the dip firm and thicken up.
- Serve in the baking dish or place into a serving bowl.
Notes
Storage
While you can make this dip the day you eat it, one of the best things about it (besides the amazing flavor) is that you can make it ahead of time, and it tastes even better.
- Assemble the sausage dip ingredients into a baking dish, cover the dish tightly with foil, and then refrigerator for 2-3 days. Letting the ingredients sit and "marinate" for 1 or 2 days in the fridge allows the dish to come together and bring out a ton of flavor.
- Continue with the cooking instructions, but add extra time since the dip will be cold; about 10-15 minutes should work.
- You can also cook the dip thoroughly, refrigerate it for 2-3 days, and then warm it up in a 350 oven for 20 minutes or until it is heated.
- You can even freeze this party dip. Once you're ready to enjoy it, all you need to do is stick it in a 350-degree oven again for 30 - 45 minutes until it is hot!
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 177kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 6gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 327mgPotassium: 115mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 42IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 1mg
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