Recipe: Tasty Easy Biscuits & Gravy

Easy Biscuits & Gravy. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened.

These turned out light and fluffy and tasted great with country gravy or jam. Biscuits can take on very different meanings in different parts of the world. In North America, they are meant to be a flaky and soft leavened quick bread. You can cook Easy Biscuits & Gravy using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Easy Biscuits & Gravy

1. Prepare 8 of buttermilk biscuits.
2. It's 16 oz of pork breakfast sausage.
3. Prepare 2 2/3 C of milk.
4. It's 1/4 C of all purpose flour.
5. It's 1 of small yellow onion; minced.
6. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic; minced.
7. It's 2 t of herbes de Provence.
8. You need 1 t of poppy seeds.
9. It's 1/2 t of fennel seed.
10. Prepare 1/2 t of celery seed.
11. It's 1/4 t of crushed pepper flakes.
12. You need 3 T of butter.
13. Prepare 1 T of butter; melted.
14. Prepare of kosher salt & black pepper; as needed.

Ideally they should have tender flaky. The first step to making great simple biscuits is to whisk together your dry ingredients. Use the biggest mixing bowl you got and just give the flour, baking powder and salt a quick whisk—just to get them incorporated. Then grab your cold butter and cut it into cubes.

Easy Biscuits & Gravy instructions

1. Heat a large, 2 inch deep saute pan. Drop chunks of pork into the pan. Season. Save 1/2 t of poppy seeds and 1 t of herbes de procence. Sear one side over medium heat without stirring for about 5 minutes..
2. Add 2 T of butter and onions. Stir. Break up the chunks of sausage with a wooden kitchen spoon. Turn up heat to medium-high. Cook sausage for approximately 2-3 minutes or until sausage is thoroughly cooked. Add garlic just before sausage is cooked..
3. Bring milk to a simmer in a seperate saucepan..
4. Reduce heat to low. Add milk to pan and stir. Add 1/2 t herbes de provence and a pinch of salt and pepper. Simmer while biscuits are cooking..
5. Lay biscuits out a sheet pan atop parchment paper. Brush melted butter atop each biscuit and sprinkle salt, pepper, herbes de provence, and poppy seeds. Bake at 375° for approximately 15 minutes..
6. Slice open each biscuit and ladle gravy atop. Garnish with chives if desired..
7. Variations; Buttermilk, sage, coriander, parsely, basil, oregano, marjoram, thyme, tarragon, star anise, cardamom, espresso powder, coffee, vinegar, corn, wine, bourbon, lavender, lemon zest, cayenne, chile powder, chives, scallions, leeks, ramps, shallots, habanero, celery, bacon, carrots,.

Homemade biscuits call for just six ingredients: all-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, butter, and milk. And then more butter once they're finished baking because of course we need more butter. I mentioned that these biscuits are easy so do not be alarmed by all the tips that I have for you below. In a food processor, combine the flour, butter, baking powder, and salt; pulse until pea-size clumps form. Add the milk and pulse just until moistened.