Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sausage Biscuits and Gravy


Baking Powder Biscuits

7 Tbsp Cold Butter

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

3 tsp baking powder

1 cup milk

Additional flour for rolling out and kneading

Heavy cream for brushing on top

1.
Mix together flour, salt, and baking powder.


2.
Cut in butter until crumbly


3.
Slowly add in milk. (Mixture will be sticky.)


4.
Turn onto a HEAVILY floured surface and knead until dough is no longer sticky.


5.
Roll out to 1/2 inch thickness and cut with a 3" round cookie cutter. (I use the top of a children's cup to cut biscuits.)


6.
Place on baking sheet, and brush with heavy cream before baking.

7.
Bake at 450 for about 10 minutes.



Sausage Gravy

1/2 lb ground pork sausage
1/3 cup flour
4 cups milk
1/2 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp butter
Salt to taste

1. In a medium sized skillet, brown sausage until completely cooked.

2. To sausage, add flour and stir until it's paste like.

3. Slowly stir in milk.

4. Add in pepper and cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.

5. Once gravy has thickened, add in a pat of butter for a silky texture and rich taste.

6. Add salt to taste.

7. Serve over baking powder biscuits.

No comments:

Post a Comment