Greg's Southern Biscuits
Greg's Southern Biscuits might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. One serving contains 163 calories, 4g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe serves 8. If you have salt, lard, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 35 minutes. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet with 1/2 teaspoon of lard.
Mix together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl. Grate the frozen butter and 2 tablespoons frozen lard into the flour mixture with a cheese grater; stir lightly 1 or 2 times to mix. With your fingers, make a well in the middle of the flour mixture, and pour the bacon drippings and buttermilk into the well. With just the tips of your fingers, stir lightly and quickly to just bring the dough together before the butter and lard melt. Dough will be sticky.
Scrape dough out onto a floured surface, and gently pat the dough flat.
Sprinkle the top of the dough with flour, and fold it in half; pat down, fold again, and repeat until you have folded the dough 4 or 5 times. With a rolling pin, roll the dough out to a square about 1 inch thick.
Cut the biscuit dough into rounds with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter or the floured edge of a drinking glass by pushing straight down (twisting the cutter will seal the edge and keep the biscuits from rising).
Lay the biscuits onto the prepared baking sheet so the edges just touch.
Bake in the preheated oven until risen and lightly golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.