1packMild Italian sausage linksremove from casing) I only used 3 of the links
1 ½cupsShredded gouda cheesefrom the block
1Jalapeño diced and seeded. If you like heat, you can leave the seeds in
2tbspHot sauce
1tbspHoney
1tbspYour favorite pork rub
Juice of one lime
Instructions
Start off by preheating your smoker for indirect grilling at 300 degrees F. You can add apple or Hickory wood for a nice smokey flavor.
Remove your mild Italian sausage from the casing, I used three of these links, and then place them into a medium temperature skillet. Using a wooden spoon, constantly mash up the sausage links to break them down into a finer ground. Cook until it has a nice brown color. Remove and place in a bowl.
In a good sized mixing bowl add your cream cheese (room temperature) and add these other ingredients: shredded Gouda cheese, diced jalapeño, cooked sausage, hot sauce, honey, pork rub and the juice of one lime. Now you will mix until it combines nicely. Place to the side.
Cut your smoked sausage (skinless) into one inch thick slices and then cut your whole package of bacon in half. Place the cut sausage down as a foundation and then wrap it around the sausage where it creates a creator to stuff the cream cheese mixture. At the base, run a toothpick through to hold it in place. Repeat this process until they are all done.
Fill each pig shot with the cream cheese stuffing, about a teaspoon or more per.
Place onto the smoke, you want the pig shots to be on a flat even surface so they don’t fall over while they smoke. Smoke for 30 minutes and check them, then at the 45 minute mark. The bacon should be tightened up and rendered to a crisp and the cream cheese topping should have a beautiful golden brown.up close of the pig shot on a cutting board