I have a thing for comfort food. Like seriously. And thank goodness there isn't any kind of a step-program that can help with that. Usually my comfort food consists of one of two very important food groups: cheese or potatoes. And sometimes it involves both of those food groups. Which is usually comfort food overload and very blissful.
Now, I recently made biscuits. And they were quite tasty. Especially right after they came out of the oven. But what can you do with biscuits that are a couple days old? I mean sure, they taste alright if you pop them in the microwave for a couple seconds to warm them up. But, c'mon. Even after a couple days you're probably experiencing biscuit burn out. Especially if you gorged yourself on them when they first came out of the oven. Not that I did. Nooooo. Definitely not.
Well, the only reasonable thing to do with day (or two) old biscuits is smother them in gravy. Gravy chock full of sausage. And while biscuits and gravy doesn't have any potatoes or cheese in it, I still say it as comfort food. Even for me (just not on the extreme level that potatoes and cheese are). So, if you need a little comfort food lovin', fix yourself some biscuits with sausage gravy. And just sit back and relax.
Country Sausage Gravy
1 lb breakfast sausage not in casings (can also use "country" sausage, is this the same as breakfast sausage?? tasted really similar to me, but I'm NOT a sausage connoisseur)
3 Tbsp flour
1 1/2 cups milk
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
In a medium sauce pan, brown sausage over medium-high heat. When sausage is completely browned, add in flour and mix. Cook for a couple minutes, stirring often, allowing flour to brown a bit (it may stick slightly to the bottom of the pan). Add in milk and stir to loosen flour and sausage from pan. Bring milk to simmer and cook for 5 minutes. If the gravy is too thick, add more milk, 1 tablespoon at a time. If gravy is too thin, continue to simmer until it has thickened to your desired consistency. Season with pepper.
Source: Adapted from The Cottage Home
Now, I recently made biscuits. And they were quite tasty. Especially right after they came out of the oven. But what can you do with biscuits that are a couple days old? I mean sure, they taste alright if you pop them in the microwave for a couple seconds to warm them up. But, c'mon. Even after a couple days you're probably experiencing biscuit burn out. Especially if you gorged yourself on them when they first came out of the oven. Not that I did. Nooooo. Definitely not.
Well, the only reasonable thing to do with day (or two) old biscuits is smother them in gravy. Gravy chock full of sausage. And while biscuits and gravy doesn't have any potatoes or cheese in it, I still say it as comfort food. Even for me (just not on the extreme level that potatoes and cheese are). So, if you need a little comfort food lovin', fix yourself some biscuits with sausage gravy. And just sit back and relax.
Country Sausage Gravy
1 lb breakfast sausage not in casings (can also use "country" sausage, is this the same as breakfast sausage?? tasted really similar to me, but I'm NOT a sausage connoisseur)
3 Tbsp flour
1 1/2 cups milk
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
In a medium sauce pan, brown sausage over medium-high heat. When sausage is completely browned, add in flour and mix. Cook for a couple minutes, stirring often, allowing flour to brown a bit (it may stick slightly to the bottom of the pan). Add in milk and stir to loosen flour and sausage from pan. Bring milk to simmer and cook for 5 minutes. If the gravy is too thick, add more milk, 1 tablespoon at a time. If gravy is too thin, continue to simmer until it has thickened to your desired consistency. Season with pepper.
Source: Adapted from The Cottage Home
Comments
Post a Comment