Incase you didn’t know that September is National Biscuit
Month, I decided to pull some recipes from my stash in its honor. Buttermilk
Biscuits!! Can you even think of the best biscuits you have ever tasted? I
can’t. However, The Loveless Café in Nashville does make a hell of a delicious
biscuit. But since it’s national biscuit month, I wanted to share some recipes. I found a few recipes in my stash to make up for, National
Biscuit Month. First we’ll begin with the biscuits.
Now with your biscuits, oven temperature will vary. Mine worked at 400 degrees, for others, it may be less than that. 400 degrees does sound pretty high.
Buttermilk Biscuits:
You will need:
o
2 cups of Self-Rising Flour
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¼ cup of Lard (or Vegetable Shortening)
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1 Cup of Buttermilk
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A handful of flour (for kneading)
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Melted Butter
First, preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
In a bowl, combine your flour with the shortening. While
your fingers, or a pastry cutter, blend it well until your dough becomes
crumb-like.
Once your dough becomes very crumb-like, add in your
buttermilk. Once you add in your milk, mix your dough together using a wooden
spoon. Don’t over mix it, but mix it until it is formed together. If you are
using the “hand” method of mixing your dough, go ahead and make sure that you
wash your hands. But dry them completely for the next step.
On a table top, sprinkle a handful of flour, and then go
ahead and scoop all of the dough out the bowl with your hand.
In this next step, you are going to knead your dough until
it’s firm and smooth like a baby’s bottom. Once your dough is smooth, fold the
dough onto itself 6-8 times.
Roll out your dough until it’s good enough to be at least an
inch thick. With a cutter, or a glass, press the dough firmly so that it makes
biscuits. When you press to cut out your biscuits, make sure that you do NOT
twist the dough. If you PRESS and TWIST, your biscuits will NOT RISE. BIG
NO-NO!!!
On a lightly buttered/greased pan, place your cut out
biscuits on the baking sheet. You know how store bought biscuits say “Please
place them inches apart”? With these, you don’t have to.
When your biscuits are placed on the pan, for each biscuit,
place an index finger print in the middle of each one. Bake in your oven for
8-10 minutes.
When your biscuits are done, brush them with melted butter.
Serve with butter, jam, and enjoy.
Quick and Tasty,
Country Sausage Gravy:
Many people have different variations of a Country Sausage
Gravy, as much as they do with biscuit recipes. But for now, I’m going to keep
it simple like the cowboys did in the old days.
You will need:
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1 pound of Bulk Sausage.
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4 tablespoons of All-purpose flour
o
2 cups of Half and Half
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Crushed Black Pepper
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Seasoned Salt
o
Red Pepper (Optional)
In a hot skillet, brown your sausage accordingly. When your
sausage is fully cooked, you want to make sure that you still have some fat in
your skillet. Take your flour and just sprinkle it over the sausage while
stirring. With this, you’re making a Roux. As your roux seems to be somewhat
thickening with your sausage, add your half and half while continuing to stir
the gravy. While you’re stirring the gravy, you can add more half and half
depending on how creamy you want it.
As your gravy seems to become a nice thick gravy, go ahead
and add in your seasonings of crushed black pepper, seasoned salt, and red
pepper.
With your gravy, I don’t judge based on measurements. With
my method, I do a simple taste test. That way, everyone has their own
preference of how they want their gravy to taste.
A Southern Breakfast Casserole.
·
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
·
6 large eggs
·
¼ cup of whole milk
·
Salt and pepper
Now that you know how to make biscuits and gravy, let’s go
ahead and make something that all southerners love. You can use canned biscuits
if you want to, but we will do it with the biscuit recipe from above. First,
preheat your oven to 350 degrees. With your biscuits, create and knead your dough as
stated from above, and place them in a buttered 9 x 13 Baking Dish. Whisk your
eggs in a large bowl along with your milk. Season it with salt and pepper and
pour it over your biscuits evenly. Next, take your sausage gravy and pour it
evenly on top of everything. Bake, uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Let
it sit for five minutes before serving, cut, serve, and eat.
I find that these are a great hit for the early morning Tailgating games.
Happy Eating!!
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