Biscuits and gravy is a classic American breakfast dish that is enjoyed by people of all ages. It is typically made with fluffy biscuits smothered in a creamy, savory gravy. The gravy is usually made with sausage, milk, and flour, and it can be seasoned with a variety of herbs and spices. Biscuits and gravy can be served with eggs, bacon, or hash browns.
In this article, you will find three different recipes for biscuits and gravy. The first recipe is for classic biscuits and gravy. The second recipe is for a healthier version of biscuits and gravy made with whole wheat flour and low-fat milk. The third recipe is for a vegan version of biscuits and gravy made with plant-based sausage and almond milk.
No matter which recipe you choose, you are sure to enjoy this classic American breakfast dish. So gather your ingredients and let's get started!
EASY SAUSAGE GRAVY AND BISCUITS
Hot jumbo buttermilk biscuits with creamy sausage gravy are ready in just 15 minutes for a hearty, family-favorite breakfast.
Provided by JimmyDean
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Jimmy Dean
Time 15m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Bake biscuits according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, cook sausage in large skillet over medium heat 5-6 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring frequently. Stir in flour. Gradually add milk; cook until mixture comes to a boil and thickens, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Split biscuits in half. Place 2 halves on each of 8 plates; top with about 1/3 cup gravy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 332.8 calories, Carbohydrate 30.8 g, Cholesterol 24.9 mg, Fat 18.7 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 9.8 g, SaturatedFat 6.1 g, Sodium 718.3 mg, Sugar 7.7 g
BISCUITS AND SAUSAGE GRAVY
This is an old Southern biscuits and gravy recipe that I've adapted. Homemade sausage gravy is a classic, hearty breakfast that takes you on a trip to the South every time it's served. -Sue Baker, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 15m
Yield 2 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a small skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, 3-5 minutes, breaking into crumbles; drain. Add butter and heat until melted. Add the flour, salt and pepper; cook and stir until blended. Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Serve with biscuits.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 337 calories, Fat 27g fat (14g saturated fat), Cholesterol 72mg cholesterol, Sodium 718mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 10g protein.
BEST SAUSAGE GRAVY AND BISCUITS
For the best sausage gravy with biscuits, try this recipe at home and you won't even have to wait to order them at a restaurant. Creamy, meaty, and savory... each bite is nice and salty with a slight kick of spice from the hot sauce.
Provided by NicoleMcmom
Time 30m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, crumbling with a spoon and stirring often, until browned and cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add butter to skillet and melt. Sprinkle flour evenly over skillet and stir for 1 minute. Whisk in 2 1/2 cups milk and scrape up any bits off the bottom of the skillet. Bring mixture to a simmer.
- Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 10 minutes. If mixture becomes too thick, thin slightly by adding more milk or water. Season with hot sauce, pepper, and salt; cook for 1 more minute.
- Serve immediately over hot biscuits.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 483 calories, Carbohydrate 34.1 g, Cholesterol 62.1 mg, Fat 30.6 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 17.4 g, SaturatedFat 10.6 g, Sodium 1418.6 mg, Sugar 6.6 g
BISCUITS AND GRAVY CASSEROLE
I got this recipe at a church potluck. All the flavors blend really well. I've made it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So far every time I've served it, I haven't had any leftovers. Enjoy!
Provided by Angela
Categories Main Dish Recipes Casserole Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Line the bottom of the prepared baking dish with biscuits.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Scatter sausage over biscuit layer and top with 1 cup Cheddar cheese.
- Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and pepper together in a bowl and pour over cheese layer.
- Mix water and gravy mix together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until gravy is thickened, 1 to 2 minutes, adding more water for a thinner gravy. Pour gravy over egg layer. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese over casserole.
- Bake in the preheated oven until egg is fluffy and cheese is bubbling, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 688.2 calories, Carbohydrate 27.3 g, Cholesterol 269.9 mg, Fat 52.2 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 26.6 g, SaturatedFat 20.7 g, Sodium 1645.1 mg, Sugar 6.8 g
BISCUITS AND GRAVY BAKE RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: refrigerated biscuit, eggs, milk, pepper, salt, cooked sausage, shredded cheese, butter, flour, salt, pepper, milk
Provided by Tasty
Categories Breakfast
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cut each biscuit into 8 pieces. Set aside.
- In a bowl, mix the eggs, milk, pepper, and salt. Set aside.
- For the gravy: melt the butter in a saucepan, over medium heat. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper, and slowly add the 2 cups of milk.
- Increase to medium-high, bring to a simmer, stirring until gravy is thickened.
- In a greased 9x13 (22x33 cm) glass baking dish, layer the biscuits, sausage, cheese, egg mixture, and gravy.
- Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 35-45 min, until the eggs on the bottom are cooked.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 701 calories, Carbohydrate 34 grams, Fat 48 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 30 grams, Sugar 9 grams
CREAMY BISCUITS AND GRAVY
This is a perfectly rich, great-tasting breakfast option for that occasional Sunday morning when you don't care about calories!
Provided by user
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Sausage
Time 50m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
- Whisk 2 cups flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a bowl; cut shortening into flour mixture with a pastry cutter until mixture is crumbly. Mix in egg and milk until incorporated. Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface and knead for 1 minute.
- Roll dough out to a thickness of 3/4 to 1-inch thick, cut with a biscuit cutter, and place biscuits onto prepared baking sheet. Brush tops of biscuits with melted butter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Cook and stir sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Stir 1/4 cup butter into sausage until butter has melted and mix in 1/4 cup flour until thoroughly combined. Pour evaporated milk and water into sausage mixture, bring gravy to a simmer, and reduce heat to low; simmer gravy until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season gravy with salt and black pepper to taste.
- Serve biscuits with sausage gravy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 431.1 calories, Carbohydrate 28.1 g, Cholesterol 72.1 mg, Fat 29.7 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 12.9 g, SaturatedFat 11.7 g, Sodium 812.6 mg, Sugar 5.9 g
CHICKEN FRIED STEAKS AND CREAMED PAN GRAVY WITH BISCUITS
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 33m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat large, heavy skillet over medium high heat.
- Set steaks on to a waxed paper lined work surface and cover with another piece of waxed paper. Pound steaks to 1/4-inch thick. Pull steaks off work surface and set to the side. Line work surface with more waxed paper. Pour 1/2 cup flour into 2 piles on opposite sides of the work space. Add cornmeal, paprika, salt and pepper to 1 pile of flour. Beat eggs and water in a pie plate or shallow dish.
- Cut steaks into 4 portions and coat in flour, eggs, then seasoned flour and cornmeal.
- Add 2 tablespoons oil to hot pan and cook 2 steaks at a time. Brown steaks about 2 minutes per side, or until cooked and remove from the pan. Add 2 tablespoons more oil and repeat with remaining 2 steaks. Remove steaks to serving platter and pour off all but 2 to 3 tablespoons of drippings. Add 2 tablespoons flour to drippings and cook 2 minutes. Whisk in broth and season with salt and pepper. Whisk half and half or cream into gravy. When gravy bubbles, remove from heat.
- Serve steaks and warm biscuits with gravy on top.
ITALIAN SAUSAGE GRAVY AND BISCUITS
Here's a simple sausage gravy with an Italian flair that's served over hot biscuits.
Provided by Classico
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Classico® Pasta Sauce
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until no longer pink, following cooking instructions indicated on the packaging. Add diced onions and continue to cook until onion softens and turns transparent. Drain fat.
- Stir in the Alfredo sauce, sage and black pepper. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Serve over fresh biscuits and top with green onion.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 492 calories, Carbohydrate 44.4 g, Cholesterol 34 mg, Fat 26.9 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 18 g, SaturatedFat 8.1 g, Sodium 1842.7 mg, Sugar 6.7 g
BISCUITS AND CHOCOLATE GRAVY
Provided by Virginia Willis
Categories dessert
Time 20m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- For the biscuits: Heat the oven to 500 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch round cake pan with nonstick spray and set aside. In a bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour, the baking powder and salt. Using a pastry cutter or 2 knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Pour in the buttermilk and gently mix until just combined; use enough buttermilk so that the dough is very wet and looks like cottage cheese.
- Place the remaining 1 cup flour in a shallow bowl. Spray a medium ice-cream scoop or tablespoon with nonstick spray. Scoop up some biscuit dough and drop it into the flour. Sprinkle flour over the top and roll the dough gently in the flour. Shake off excess flour and shape the dough into a round. Place it in the prepared cake pan. Continue process until all the dough is used, making 8 to 10 biscuits and pressing them snugly next to each other in the pan. (This will keep them soft and tender.) Bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer the pan to a rack to cool just slightly. Serve warm.
- For the chocolate gravy: Meanwhile, in a medium heavy saucepan, whisk together the sugar, flour and cocoa until no clumps of flour or cocoa remain. Whisk in the milk until well combined. Place over medium heat and cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture begins to boil and then thickens like gravy, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the butter until it melts. Spoon warm gravy over the warm biscuits and serve the remaining gravy on the side.
BISCUITS AND SAGE SAUSAGE GRAVY
WARNING:You will want to lick the plate clean after tasting these biscuits and gravy! It has been a family recipes for over 110 years. I find using the fatty sausage mild or hot from Jimmy Dean works great. He has a sage sausage but I never use it. It just doesn't taste as good. Enjoy!
Provided by Chef Florida Janie
Categories Breads
Time 15m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Fry sausage in large skillet. Crumble sausage as you go.
- Add sage.
- When sausage is completely cooked, add flour a little at a time soaking up the grease from the sausage. Stir it around. DO NOT DRAIN GREASE! Depending on how lean your sausage is you may need more or less flour. More will make it thicker. If the sausage is too lean, cut back on the milk.
- Keeping burner on medium low heat, Add milk a little at a time. Constantly stirring.
- Add cream. Your gravy should be thickening. If it is too thin, add some flour and small amount of milk in a cup. Stir and add slowly until desired gravy thickness is achieved.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. The more pepper you add, the more the flavor comes out and makes your gravy a little hotter.
- Pour over fresh hot biscuits. Warning: They may lick the plate clean!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 637.6, Fat 49.9, SaturatedFat 21.4, Cholesterol 124.9, Sodium 1124.4, Carbohydrate 24.9, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 9.3, Protein 21.7
CORNMEAL-SAGE BISCUITS AND SAUSAGE GRAVY
This is an excellent version of an old countryside favorite. It includes make ahead instructions that could be helpful when you have friends and family gathered for holidays.
Provided by Annacia
Categories Breads
Time 42m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a large bowl stir together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar, salt, the 2 tablespoons green onion, and the sage. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add buttermilk all at once. Using a fork, stir just until moistened.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead dough by folding and gently pressing it just until dough holds together. Pat or lightly roll dough until 3/4 inch thick. Cut dough with a floured 2 1/2-inch round cutter; reroll scraps as necessary. Dip cutter into flour between cuts.
- Place dough rounds 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until golden. Remove biscuits from baking sheet. Cool slightly.
- To serve, split biscuits and place on serving plates. Top with Sausage Gravy. If desired, top with additional green onions.
- SAUSAGE GRAVY:.
- In a very large skillet cook bulk pork sausage and chopped onion over medium-high heat until meat is brown and onion is tender, using a wooden spoon to break up meat as it cooks. Do not drain.
- Sprinkle all-purpose flour over meat mixture; stir into the meat mixture. Cook and stir over medium heat for 1 minute. While whisking, gradually add milk. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in snipped fresh thyme, if desired. Makes about 5 cups.
- TO MAKE AHEAD:.
- Prepare biscuits as directed; cool completely. Place biscuits in a resealable plastic freezer bag; seal, label, and freeze for up to 2 months.
- Prepare sausage gravy as directed. Place in an airtight container; seal and chill for up to 48 hours. To serve, thaw biscuits at room temperature (allow about 2 hours). If desired, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place biscuits on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. In a medium saucepan reheat sausage gravy over medium-low heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until heated through. If necessary, stir in additional milk to make desired consistency.
QUICK, EASY AND SPICY SAUSAGE GRAVY OVER GRITS OR BISCUITS
Great for breakfast served with scrambled eggs, or just enjoy it as is for a hearty lunch or have breakfast for dinner. This is so easy to make, 30 minutes or less and it is on the table. My friend took advantage of quick cooking grits, but you could easily serve this over croissants, toast, burritos, or even some "canned" biscuits as I did brushed with A spicy butter (see note below) - or just top some poached eggs. This is not my recipe - my girl friend got it from...her boy friend's sister who got it from "who knows where." However ... she made it for me and I thought it was absolutely delish! So, I just wanted to pass it on. I will definitely be making it again.
Provided by SarasotaCook
Categories < 30 Mins
Time 25m
Yield 6-8 , 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Sausage -- In a medium sauce pan, saute the sausage, breaking it up as it cooks, on medium heat until cooked through. Make sure to drain the sausage well before making the rest of the sauce. I use hot breakfast sausage, but use what you like best).
- Once the sausage is drained well, return to the sauce pan and add the green chilies, scallions, cream, red pepper flakes, cumin and oregano. Mix well to combine and taste for any additional seasoning (salt or pepper). Let it simmer on medium to medium low for 4-5 minutes. The cream will help it thicken naturally.
- After the gravy cooks 4-5 minutes, stir in the cheese and heat through just to melt the cheese. This should be done just a few minutes before serving.
- Prepare the Base -- As I said, you can really use anything. Grits were excellent, croissants would be wonderful too. I happen to use Pillsbury (or a canned) biscuit, or you could certainly make your own too. I cooked the biscuits according to package directions. But NOTE, I brushed the biscuits (before baking) with a mix of butter, chili powder, and cumin for a little extra flavor.
- Serve -- Simply serve the gravy over your choice of the bottom layer. Garnish with extra cheese if you want and the extra scallion. A poached egg would be great, or even some scrambled eggs on the side. Just ENJOY!
CAJUN SHRIMP AND SAUSAGE GRAVY OVER BISCUITS
A few years back I was visiting friends in LA, and after a long day of fishing, a wonderful dinner with fresh fish of course, the next day we all woke up famished. Well ... biscuits with sausage gravy was the request, but I wanted to do something a little cajun. Our last vacation day, so it was clean out the fridge, but still trying to make something that resembled biscuits with sausage gravy. After a quick run to a local quick stop to get some cream and biscuits we were set. Well this is the creation, and it is really good. The only thing I have changed since I returned is that I love to add some scallions right at the end for a fresh flavor, but otherwise, pretty much the same. Make this for a breakfast/brunch for family this holiday season. And if you don't want to use andouille, use a spicy or mild sausage along with the cajun spices. And if you bake, make your own biscuits. I'm just not much of a baker, so I take a short cut and use a canned biscuit. We served this with some scrambled eggs and Bloody Mary's (it was the last day of vacation). But skip the eggs, and you won't miss them - this is a very satisfying dish.
Provided by SarasotaCook
Categories Breakfast
Time 40m
Yield 4-6 , 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Sausage -- In a large saute pan cook the diced andouille on medium heat until cooked through. Don't cook it at too high of a temperature. You want to slowly saute it. Once it is done, remove to a plate lined with a paper towel to drain.
- Sauce -- In the same pan, pour out the drippings from the andouille (no need to clean the pan out, the flavor is fine, you just don't want all the oil) and add the fresh olive oil and bring to medium high heat. Add in the onion, celery, red pepper and garlic and saute 3-4 minutes.
- Deglaze -- Originally I used chicken broth because that is all I had. Now, I like to deglaze with white wine just to get all the bits up off the pan. Add the wine and scrape up the bits from the pan and cook just a minute, then remove from the heat and slowly add in the cream, hot sauce (to taste) and the cajun seasoning and return to the heat on medium low cook until it reduces about 20-30 minutes. The cream will naturally thicken on it's own.
- Shrimp and Sausage -- After the sauce has thickened, add the sausage back in as well as the shrimp and cook on medium heat until the shrimp begin to curl and turn pink. Add salt and pepper if needed according to your taste.
- Biscuits -- Now I just used a canned biscuit, so I baked them according to directions, but if you want to make your own, by all means please do.
- Serving -- Right before serving, add in the scallions and serve this decadent sauce over sliced biscuits.
- Cook up some of your favorite eggs and serve with some Bloody Mary's for a perfect brunch. This also would make a great lunch or dinner.
COUNTRY SAUSAGE GRAVY AND BUTTERMILK BISCUITS
If you love Bob Evans Sausage Gravy, you'll love this even better... My family is from West Virgina and this is the recipe I have made for the past 30 years. I don't know why everyone has to make a big deal out of making gravy, it's probably the easiest dish to make, but every restaurant in town wants to add things,and it's just nasty.... I am known in this town for my gravy, In fact I have a couple friends that ask me to make them a batch of it to take on vacation with them to share with their families.. Here's what you do... It's so simple. but absolutely delicious... I make it just about every Sunday. If you like this, try my Breakfast Sausage Burrito with green chilies recipe. Your kids will LOVE IT!, and you can freeze them separately and use them daily... Enjoy! Let me know what you think. Email me.
Provided by therockmiester
Categories Breads
Time 30m
Yield 4-5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Before you get started, get your biscuit's on a pan following the pkg. directions.
- While your sausage if frying up, put your biscuits in the oven, by time your done make this, your biscuits will be done, and nice and hot.
- In a large frying pan, brown your sausage and break it up with a snake potato masher or fork.
- Once it is nicely browned, pull sausage to the sides of the pan so that the drippings drain into the middle.
- Spoon a 1/2 cup of the flour into the drippings and mix good till it's nice and brown, add a little more flour if need be.
- Once you have the flour browned, start folding in the sausage.
- Mix 2 cups water with 1 cup milk and stir together.
- Start slowly pouring the milk and water mix into the the sausage mixture,.
- Only pour what you need to get a nice consistency.
- (Tip): if you need to add more flour after the milk and water have been added, you need to add the flour to a little cool water, stir till smooth, then add that to your sausage mixture, otherwise like any other gravy, you will get flour lumps.
- Use your judgement on adding more milk or water to your taste.
- * Don't forget: heat of flame must be at least Medium High heat so that the flour will expand and smooth out.
- Once you get it to how you like it, turn your heat down, you don't want to burn your gravy. AND -- the gravy will thicken as it sits, so don't make it too thick.
- Add salt and pepper and a teaspoons of sage. (the sage is to your taste also, but we've been using it since I was born., and it just makes it wonderful. If you like Bob Evans sausage gravy, you love this even more).
- Pour over freshly baked buttermilk biscuits -- or your own.
- ( but if your making your own, make them first before you even think of making this gravy).
- Enjoy!
WHITE TRASH HAMBURGER GRAVY AND BREAKFAST BISCUITS
This was my sister's favorite thing to eat when she was growing up. She wouldn't let anyone but me make it for her.
Provided by Pot Scrubber
Categories Breakfast
Time 20m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cook and drain beef. (I rinse the beef under hot water to remove all of the grease -- it is rich enough!).
- Melt butter in a pan and when melted and lightly sizzling add the flour.
- Whisk until combined and gently simmer the butter/flour mixture for about two minutes to remove the flour/starch taste but don't let it brown any.
- Add the 1.5 cups of milk and quickly whisk until smooth. SImmer until thick over medium heat stirring constantly. It will be quite thick.
- Add the half and half cream and quickly whisk until smooth.
- Cook over low heat until thickened.
- Add the beef and adjust the seasonings.
- Serve over good biscuits well buttered.
- This is a very creamy and rich gravy. You may use 2 cups whole milk if you need to omit the cream.
- If it is too thick for your taste -- then dilute with more milk -- but it usually is perfect the way it is written.
- Leftovers are excellent.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 347.3, Fat 26.6, SaturatedFat 14.5, Cholesterol 89.4, Sodium 190.7, Carbohydrate 11.7, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 4.7, Protein 15.2
BISCUITS WITH CREAM GRAVY, SAUSAGE AND SCRAMBLED EGGS
Steps:
- Slice each biscuit in half and put a sausage patty on the bottom half of each. Top with cream gravy and parsley. Serve 2 biscuits per person with eggs on the side.
- Combine the pork, garlic, onion powder, sage, thyme and oil in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 8 hours to allow the flavors to meld.
- Form the mixture into 8 patties, each 1/2 inch thick. Heat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Cook the patties until golden brown and just cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 minute without browning. Slowly whisk in the warm milk. Raise the heat to high and continue whisking until the sauce begins to thicken and the raw taste of the flour has been cooked out, about 5 minutes. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Serve warm.
- Put the milk in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Cut in the cold butter using your fingers or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the buttermilk and mix gently until the mixture just begins to come together.
- Scrape the dough onto a lightly floured counter. Pat into a 10-by-12-inch rectangle, about 3/4 inch thick. Use a 2-inch round cutter to cut out biscuits. Press together the scraps and repeat.
- Place the biscuits 2 inches apart on the baking sheet; brush the tops with the cream and sprinkle with pepper (use 2 teaspoons total). Bake until light golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Brush the biscuits with the melted butter and transfer them to a wire rack to cool at least slightly.
BEST SAUSAGE GRAVY FOR BISCUITS AND GRAVY
Make and share this Best Sausage Gravy for Biscuits and Gravy recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Polihali
Categories Breakfast
Time 25m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a saucepan, cook the sausage over medium heat until no longer pink.
- Stir in butter until melted.
- Sprinkle with flour.
- Gradually stir in milk, salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 3 minutes.
- Serve over biscuits.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 564.9, Fat 37.1, SaturatedFat 14.6, Cholesterol 136.4, Sodium 399.4, Carbohydrate 18.6, Fiber 0.3, Protein 37.3
REAL, "DOWN HOME" SOUTHERN COUNTRY BISCUITS AND GRAVY:
Real, "down home" biscuits and gravy was originally "poor folks' breakfast," but it was so good and became so popular that no self-respecting Southern home today is complete without a good biscuit and gravy recipe. The gravy is still referred to by many as "sawmill gravy," because gravy and biscuits was a quick, cheap, and filling breakfast that was served in the logging and sawmill camps throughout the South. Real "down home" Southern biscuits and gravy became so popular and such a staple in Southern breakfast diets because it is nutritious, simple, easy, and inexpensive to make. The ingredients are simple and can be found in any kitchen. Sausage gravy, egg gravy, and all the variations begin with the basic "Sawmill" or "Milk" gravy recipe. The recipe given here is the basic sawmill gravy recipe that is still used by most Southerners. It is the recipe that my family has used for several generations. As for the biscuits, there are lots of complicated recipes for biscuits "out there", but the real, honest-to-goodness biscuits that are served up in most Southern homes are simple and easy to make. The baking time is the most time consuming part of making good biscuits. The biscuit recipe I give here has also been used by my family for several generations. When made as directed, the results will be light, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth biscuits that are delicious with the basic gravy recipe that I also give here, as well as with one's favorite jam, jelly, marmalade, molasses, or honey--or just split open with a little butter melted inside. To make sausage gravy or other variations, cook up the sausage first and use the fat from it to make the rue for the gravy. Break up the sausage into small pieces and set within easy reach before starting the gravy When the gravy has thickened, stir in the sausage or other ingredients that you may have in mind. Adding other ingredients is the last step in making variations of the basic "sawmill" or milk gravy recipe. In the biscuit recipe, Martha White self-rising flour is preferred. It is finer ground flour than almost any other flour on the market, has superb leavening, and yields lighter biscuits. If plain flour is used, add 1-1/4 tsp of double-acting baking powder and 1/4 tsp of salt per cup of flour. These pertain to all-purpose flour only and should be omitted when using self-rising flour. Also, the rule of thumb for eggs is to use 1 egg for every 2 cups of flour. When making biscuits and gravy, one thing should be remembered: Make the biscuits first, and make the gravy while the biscuits are baking. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Baking time for biscuits is 20-30 minutes, depending on your oven. Some ovens run a little hot or cool, so baking time may vary slightly.
Provided by AlSwilling
Categories Breads
Time 1h10m
Yield 8 biscuits, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- FOR THE BISCUITS:.
- Wash Hands.
- Sift flour into a medium or large mixing bowl. Shake the bowl side-to-side lightly to even out the flour.
- Beat the eggs slightly to blend yolks and whites.
- Combine oil and egg with half the buttermilk and pour into the flour. Mix thoroughly with a large spoon or fork, or use your hand to squeeze the dough through your fingers, until the dough is well blended.
- Add the remaining buttermilk, a little at a time, blending into the dough after each addition, until the right consistency is achieved.
- The dough should be just firm enough to form into balls but light enough to slump slightly when placed onto the baking sheet. Experience will enable you to tell from the feel of the dough. If dough is too light, add flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing thoroughly each time, until the dough is the right consistency. If dough is too dense (stiff), add buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time, blending well into the dough after each addition, until the dough is the right consistency.
- Clean the dough off your hands, then rinse and dry them. Flour the palms and fingers of both hands to prevent the dough from sticking to them.
- Pinch off a handful of dough roughly 2/3 the size you want your biscuits to be and roll it between your hands in a circular motion, using just enough pressure to form a ball. Shaping the dough will flour the outside of the biscuit.
- Place the ball of dough onto an ungreased baking sheet and press down with fingers just enough to flatten the dough slightly and form the biscuit shape. Repeat, flouring hands after each dough ball is formed and placing biscuits about 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch apart, until all the dough is used up.
- Cathead Biscuits.
- For cathead biscuits, use about half again as much dough for each biscuit as you would use for regular size biscuits, leaving them thicker than for regular biscuits. Place cat-head biscuits about 3/4-inch apart on the baking sheet.
- Place the pan of biscuits as close to the vertical center of the preheated 350-degree oven as your rack guides will allow and bake for 20-30 minutes. Check biscuits after 20 minutes and periodically thereafter until done. Biscuits will be done when the tops are golden brown. Cathead biscuits will take longer to bake. The lower edges of the biscuits may be slightly lighter than the center.
- Remove biscuits from oven when done. Serve hot.
- Makes 8 to 10 biscuits, or 4 to 5 cathead biscuits.
- FOR THE GRAVY.
- Mix evaporated milk and water and set aside within reach.
- In a large, cast iron skillet, combine oil (or meat fat), flour, salt, and pepper.
- Over medium-high heat, stir in flour until blended with oil. With a fork, tines flat against the skillet's bottom, stir the mixture constantly, using a back-and-forth motion, until it begins to brown very slightly. Do not allow the flour to scorch or burn.
- When flour has browned slightly, pour in milk, all at once, stirring constantly.
- Continue to stir, scraping the bottom of the skillet as you stir, in the manner previously described, to keep flour and milk from scorching and to keep lumps from forming. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- As soon as the mixture boils, marked by a sudden foaming up of the mixture, reduce heat to medium so that mixture simmers but does not boil over. Briefly lift pan from heat if necessary to keep contents from boiling over. Don't forget to use a pot holder to avoid being burned.
- Continue to stir vigorously, as described above, until gravy achieves desired thickness, usually within a minute or two after boiling. When the gravy is the desired thickness, immediately remove from heat. Serve from the skillet or pour into a serving bowl.
- Add additional salt and pepper if needed.
- Serves 4.
SOUTHERN BISCUITS AND GRAVY
A dear and very close friend of mine who lives in Australia asked me about southern biscuits and gravy for breakfast. It is RARE that I make this because it's artery clogging as HECK so if you're steadfastly health conscious...forget it!! It is an old southern tradition ...like grits. So if you only do it once every 5 years (haha) you're probably safe from a coronary. It's out of this world good! For those who don't know, biscuits and gravy is really more like biscuits, sausage and gravy. Every southern cook adds her/his own twist to it ...like throwing in sugar and vanilla isn't the norm--it's just the way I do it -- once every 5 years or more!
Provided by Adrienne in Reister
Categories Breads
Time 55m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine the dry ingredients. Knead in the butter.
- Add buttermilk and knead on a floured surface. Make sure you only knead it just enough to get the dough together. Do it gently so the flour doesn't develop gluten which will cause your biscuits to be tough.
- Flatten the dough with the ball of your
- fist. Use a glass to cut out your bisquits. Don't make them too tall or the outside may get crusty while the inside is still too doughy.
- Cook them in a 350 degree oven on a greased cookie sheet and then get started on the gravy straight off.
- Fry up the sausage until it's thoroughly cooked. Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon.
- Don't drain the grease. You'll need it to make the roux. You should have about 2 tablespoons of rendered fat. Add the butter and melt it. Then add the flour a little at a time over medium heat, constantly whisking.
- Cook for about 2-3 minutes. Now start adding the cold milk a little at a time, whisking incessantly.
- Toward the end of the milk add the sausage back inches When it's nice and thickened up add salt and pepper to taste.
- Cut the biscuits in half, pour the gravy over them, and enjoy! We're talking breakfast heaven here!
PEPPERED SAUSAGE GRAVY AND BISCUITS
This recipe I found from the Pillsbury site. I made a few changes and it was a hit with my hubby and friends at the lake. Alittle different from most breakfast gravies I have noticed.
Provided by Marsha D.
Categories Breads
Time 30m
Yield 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bake biscuits according to directions on can.
- In a large skillet, fry crumbled up sausage til done and no longer pinkish.
- Drain sausage, (do not wipe pan clean) add sausage back into pan.
- Add 2 teaspoons minced garlic and simmer on low heat while making the gravy.
- In a medium sauce pan on medium heat melt butter and add flour, pepper, seasoning salt and basil.
- Slowly add can chicken broth and half and half.
- Bring to a boil while stirring to thicken gravy.
- Add sausage to gravy mixture.
- Simmer 5 minutes.
- Serve over biscuits.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients for the best flavor. Freshly milled flour, cold butter, and sharp cheddar cheese will make a big difference.
- Make sure the butter is very cold before grating it. This will help to create a flaky biscuit.
- Don't overwork the biscuit dough. The more you work it, the tougher the biscuits will be.
- Bake the biscuits in a hot oven. This will help them to rise quickly and evenly.
- Make the gravy while the biscuits are baking. This will save you time and ensure that everything is hot and ready to serve at the same time.
- Use a good quality sausage for the gravy. This will give the gravy a rich, flavorful taste.
- Season the gravy to taste. You may want to add more salt, pepper, or other spices to taste.
- Serve the biscuits and gravy immediately. They are best enjoyed hot and fresh.
Conclusion:
Biscuits and gravy is a classic Southern comfort food that is easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. With a few simple tips, you can make the best biscuits and gravy you've ever had. So next time you're looking for a hearty and delicious breakfast or brunch, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed.
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