Biscuits and Gravy
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Biscuits and Gravy combines fluffy, buttery biscuits made from cold butter and milk with a creamy sausage gravy featuring ground pork and subtle heat from optional red pepper flakes. The biscuits have a tender crumb with lightly crisp edges, providing a soft base for the rich, savory gravy. The dish is hearty and traditionally served as a satisfying breakfast or brunch option, especially appreciated for its comforting textures and flavors.
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The Biscuits and Gravy recipe starts with making biscuits from a well-chilled mixture of flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, very cold butter, and cold milk. The cold butter leads to a flaky, tender biscuit texture once baked at a high temperature. The gravy combines sage-flavored ground pork sausage browned and thickened with flour, then simmered with whole milk and optional red pepper flakes for a mild spicy touch. The result is a creamy, flavorful gravy that complements the biscuit's softness.
The biscuits serve as a sturdy yet soft platform absorbing the warm, spiced sausage gravy. This dish works well for a filling breakfast or brunch meal and can be complemented with eggs or fresh fruit on the side.
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Ingredients
Biscuits
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter very cold, unsalted
- ¾ cup milk cold, whole
Gravy
- 1 pound ground pork sausage we like sage flavor
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ cups milk whole
- ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
Biscuits
- For best results, chill your butter in the freezer for 10-20 minutes before beginning this recipe. It's ideal that the butter is very cold for light, flaky, buttery biscuits.
- Preheat your oven to 425°F and line a cookie sheet with nonstick parchment paper. Set aside.
- Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl and mix well.
- Remove your butter from the freezer and cut it into your flour mixture using a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add the cold milk to the flour mixture and use a spoon to stir until just combined (don't over-mix, you don't want to overwork this dough)
- Transfer the biscuit dough to a clean, well-floured surface and use your hands to gently work the dough together. If the dough is too sticky, add flour until it is manageable.
- Once the dough is cohesive, fold in half over itself and use your hands to gently flatten. Rotate the dough 90 degrees and fold in half again, repeating this step 5-6 times but taking care to not overwork the dough (this will help give your biscuits flaky layers).
- Use your hands to gently flatten the dough to 1" thick.
- Press a 2 ¾" wide biscuit cutter straight down into the dough (making close cuts) and drop the biscuit onto your prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat until you have gotten as many biscuits as possible and place less than ½" apart on baking sheet.
- Once you have cut as many biscuits as possible out of the dough, gently re-work the dough to cut out another biscuit or two until you have at least 7 biscuits.
- Transfer to the oven and bake on 425°F for 10-12 minutes or until tops are beginning to just turn lightly golden brown.
- Prepare your gravy while the biscuits are baking.
Gravy
- Place sausage in a saucepan and turn heat to medium-high. Cook, crumbling the sausage as it cooks, until no pink remains. Do not drain the skillet.
- Sprinkle the ¼ cup of flour evenly over the sausage crumbles and cook a minute longer until the flour is absorbed.
- Slowly pour the milk into your skillet, stirring as you pour. Add crushed red pepper, if using.
- Cook, stirring, until mixture is thickened.
- Once biscuits are finished baking, slice in half, pour gravy over biscuits, and serve!
Nutrition Information
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Calories
506
(25%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
17g
(34%)
Fat
31g
(48%)
Saturated Fat
14g
(70%)
Cholesterol
83mg
(28%)
Sodium
797mg
(33%)
Potassium
521mg
(11%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
540IU
(11%)
Vitamin C
0.5mg
(1%)
Calcium
216mg
(22%)
Iron
2.8mg
(16%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 7servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 506 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 506 | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 17g | 34% |
| Fat | 31g | 48% |
| Saturated Fat | 14g | 70% |
| Cholesterol | 83mg | 28% |
| Sodium | 797mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 521mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 540IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 0.5mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 216mg | 22% |
| Iron | 2.8mg | 16% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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