Buttermilk Biscuits with Sausage Gravy

Name: Buttermilk Biscuits with Sausage Gravy
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 473 milliliters 2-percent or whole milk; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 177 milliliters lowfat buttermilk; 2 Tbsps canola oil; 6 servings Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 414 milliliters Southern all-purpose flour, such as White Lily, or cake flour (not self-rising), plus more for rolling out; 1 teaspoons fine sea salt; 1 sweet onion, finely chopped; 567 grams lean pork, chicken or turkey sausage, casings removed; 2 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into bits and chilled; 118 milliliters whole wheat pastry flour

Buttermilk Biscuits with Sausage Gravy might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 465 calories, 27g of protein, and 19g of fat. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. If you have turkey sausage, sea salt, baking soda, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.

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In a bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups of the all-purpose flour, the whole wheat pastry flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal.

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All Purpose Flour

Baking Soda

Butter

Salt

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Combine the buttermilk and 1 tablespoon of the oil.

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Buttermilk

Cooking Oil

Pour the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture and gently mix until just combined.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly using the heel of your hand to compress and push the dough away from you, and then fold it back over itself. Give the dough a small turn and repeat eight or so times. (It's not yeast bread; you want to just barely activate the gluten, not overwork it.) Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough out 1/2 inch thick.

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Roll

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Cut out rounds of dough with a 1 1/2-inch round cutter dipped in flour; press the cutter straight down without twisting so the biscuits will rise evenly when baked.

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Biscuits

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Add the sausage and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Using a wooden spoon, break up the meat into small pieces. Cook until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Sausage

Meat

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Pour off any excess rendered fat.

Add the onions and cook until clear and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Onion

Add the remaining 1/4 cup all-purpose flour and stir to combine and coat.

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All Purpose Flour

Add the milk and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to simmer.

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Milk

Let cook, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 5 minutes. Taste and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper.

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Seasoning

Meanwhile, place the biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet about 1 inch apart.

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Biscuits

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Bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Transfer to a rack to cool just slightly. Split and serve hot with the sausage gravy.

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Sausage Gravy

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Servings:

473milliliters

2-percent or whole milk 1Tbsp

baking powder 0teaspoons

baking soda 177milliliters

lowfat buttermilk 2Tbsps

canola oil 6servings

Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 414milliliters

Southern all-purpose flour, such as White Lily, or cake flour (not self-rising), plus more for rolling out 1teaspoons

fine sea salt 1

sweet onion, finely chopped 567grams

lean pork, chicken or turkey sausage, casings removed 2Tbsps

cold unsalted butter, cut into bits and chilled 118milliliters

whole wheat pastry flour

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 21 dollars per bottle.

Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken

#95 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2017It’s richer and less minty than usual but I like the richness in this vintage, which can use a little gras; so anticipate a wine with more apple and less spearmint; crunchy stuff. The parcel is called Heel and it’s to the right of Anrecht, from which one of the great trio of en-bloc wines comes.