Biscuits and Gravy

  4.7 – 6 reviews  • Main Dish
Level: Easy
Total: 45 min
Active: 40 min
Yield: 2 dozen biscuits

Ingredients

  1. 1 pound 6 ounces cake flour
  2. 1 pound 6 ounces high-gluten flour
  3. 10 ounces vegetable shortening
  4. 5 ounces sugar
  5. 2 1/2 ounces baking powder
  6. Pinch salt
  7. 1 quart buttermilk
  8. Biscuit Gravy, recipe follows
  9. 1 pound pork breakfast sausage, meat removed from casings
  10. 2 tablespoons butter
  11. 4 ounces high-gluten flour
  12. 2 quarts plus 1 cup whole milk
  13. 1 ounce chicken base, preferably R. L. Schreiber
  14. 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  15. 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine cake flour and high-gluten flour in bowl of a stand mixer. Add vegetable shortening, sugar, baking powder and salt. Slowly add buttermilk and mix on low speed with a dough hook for 2 minutes.
  3. Portion out 2 dozen 4-ounce biscuits. Bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve hot and fresh with Gravy or as a side.
  4. Cook breakfast sausage in a large braising pan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until fully cooked, approximately 15 minutes.
  5. Add butter and let melt. Add flour and cook, stirring slowly, to make a roux. Add milk and cook, continuously whisking, to thicken the gravy. Add chicken base, thyme and pepper and cook, whisking, until gravy thickens, 4 to 5 minutes. Serve as a side or over biscuits.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 24 servings
Calories 477
Total Fat 21 g
Saturated Fat 4 g
Carbohydrates 57 g
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Sugar 18 g
Protein 13 g
Cholesterol 27 mg
Sodium 653 mg

 

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