Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

Name: Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 3 cups (15 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 teaspoon, salt; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled; 4 tablespoons, vegetable shortening, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled; 1 1/4 cups, buttermilk (see note); 1/4 cup, all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, ground fennel seed; 1 teaspoon, ground sage; 1 1/2 teaspoons, pepper; 1 1/2 pounds, bulk pork sausage; 3 cups, whole milk; , Salt

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2008

Side Dishes

Desserts or Baked Goods

Pork

Breakfast & Brunch

SERVES6

TIME1 hour

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Hearty buttermilk biscuits topped with creamy, spicy sausage gravy are a Southern staple, but many biscuits recipes feature hockey-puck baked goods soaked with pasty, flavorless sauce. We wanted our Biscuits and Sausage Gravy recipe to turn...

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