Biscuits and Gravy

Um, it's been a while since I used this space but I'm going to try to start posting more here. Let's begin with a recipe or two!

Buttermilk Biscuits printable recipe

6 Tablespoons butter
2 cups AP flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk

Cut butter into 1/2" cubes and place in freezer. Preheat oven to 450F.

In a medium sized bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.

Using a pastry blender, incorporate butter.

Add buttermilk and mix until mostly combined. There will be some dry patches. Let stand 2 minutes and then finish mixing.

Dump out onto work surface and gently pat into a circle. Fold and flatten 4-5 times GENTLY. you aren't kneading, just creating layers.

Pat until 1/2" thick and cut out with biscuit cutter. Gently pat dough back together and cut out additional biscuits. I usually get 8.

Bake for 10-12 minutes, just until golden. Do not overbake.

Sausage Gravy

1 lb ground breakfast sausage
red pepper flakes (optional)
2 Tablespoons butter
2-3 Tablespoons flour
4 cups milk
ground black pepper (to taste)

Brown sausage with butter in a large skillet or frying pan. Add red pepper flakes (just a little).

Add flour. You want the meat lightly coated and all fat absorbed. Cook for a minute or so until flour smells nutty,

Slowly whisk in 1/2 cup of milk. Deglaze pan and incorporate all flour.

Add rest of milk and continue whisking. Slowly bring to a boil over medium to medium-high heat, continuing to stir.

Add pepper and whisk in well. Cook until thickened. Serve over biscuits.

I will try to figure out printable versions and all that jazz but it's not going to happen today. If you want to see pictures and how I get this all done at the same time, keep scrolling.

Cut butter and stick in freezer.

Start sausage and butter.

Always use a pastry blender and not your warm hands to cut in the butter.

It's a Danish dough whisk. Yes, you need one.

Make dough and WALK AWAY.

Add the red pepper to the sausage while you're waiting.

Look! Those 2 minutes helped hydrate the rest of the flour so you weren't tempted to add more buttermilk!

While those are baking, let's make gravy.

Flat whisk. If you make gravies and pan sauces often, you need one.

I didn't get finished gravy pictures because my oldest son called me.

This is golden. You don't want them much darker than this. I mean, look at that beautiful bottom.

I bake my biscuits on a heavy duty aluminum half sheet pan with a silicone mat. I also use it to fold the dough, pat out, and then cut my biscuits. No reason to dirty a separate mat.

Okay, that'll do it.

GO FEED PEOPLE!
Loveya,
Jenn