The other day I got really hungry for biscuits & sausage gravy, so I tackled the project! My biscuit recipe came from a Mennonite cookbook that my mom has - it's one that I need to get my hands on. There are so many good recipes in it! Here is a link for it. However, I'm not ordering it until I can find a spiral-bound one.
The biscuits didn't really turn out well. I think that perhaps my yeast was old...? I'll give them a try again sometime. They tasted okay but didn't rise much and looked a lot like Pillsbury biscuits. Not exactly what I was going for!
Well, here's my recipe for Sausage Gravy. I made it a lot like I make Creamed Dried Beef for over toast, but added and took away a few things...
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| First, I browned 1 lb of sausage. |
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| When it was browned there was a little grease in the pan, but not much. Make sure you keep the grease - don't drain it!!! That's what gives your gravy good flavor. I also added a little bit of butter ~ 2 T for a little extra flavor. Butter makes everything better! :) Make sure you let your meat brown so that you have to scrape the brown stuff off the bottom of the pan; be careful not to burn though! |
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| Next, after the butter is melted, add some flour; stirring constantly. This will make your gravy thicken later on. With this much meat I started with 1/4c flour, but ended up adding more. It all depends on how much grease is in the pan. |
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| You should add enough flour that the meat crumbles apart when all the flour absorbs. It should look kind of like this - not dry, but all the grease is absorbed. |
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| Next you need to add milk... probably 4-6c. Again, it just depends. You kind of just have to go with it! I ended up adding 5 1/2 c of milk this time around. Add it slowly and stir constantly. You want the sausage/flour mixture to blend in and keep the milk smooth. If you add the milk too fast you risk getting lumpy flour throughout the gravy. |
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| Heat the milk through, over medium-high heat, stirring constantly (you don't want your milk to scorch!). As it's heating you can add spices. Here I added some fresh black pepper.. |
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| I also added some seasoning salt and onion salt. I was out of onion powder, so salt had to do this time! Add some, taste it, and add some more if needed. |
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| And there you go! Enjoy your sausage gravy! Hopefully your biscuits turn out better than mine. ;) |
