Grits Casserole

Total Time: 53 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup dry uncooked grits
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
• 5 button mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 6 fresh breakfast link sausage, removed from casing
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• ground pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup shredded muenster cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard

Recipe

• 1 cook grits according to package directions.
• 2 preheat oven to 375°, and prepare 12 regular muffin cups with foil or silicone liners.
• 3 mix cream and eggs; stir in a few tablespoons of the hot grits into the cream-egg mixture to temper it, then stir the cream-egg mixture into the remaining grits.
• 4 in a skillet over med-high heat, cook onion and mushrooms in butter, until mushrooms cook down and are soft.
• 5 add sausage to mushroom mix and cook, stirring to break up the sausage, until it is cooked through.
• 6 add sausage-mushroom mixture to grits; stir to combine; add salt and pepper to taste.
• 7 stir in cheese and dry mustard, then divide among muffin cups.
• 8 bake for about 23 minutes, until the cups are set and turning lightly brown on top.
• 9 serve hot.