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Please forgive the poor camera-phone quality. I had to snap these photos before my dad (an incredibly athletic 60-something year with the metabolism of a teenager) and brother (a starving 5’11 junior at UVA) gobbled everything up. I didn’t even have time to grab my giant SLR from my car to take a real picture, so… just trust chubbers in the hover-photo, because he knows what he’s talking about.
My dad and brother love sausage and gravy biscuits, but I can never wake up on Saturdays to make it for them during normal breakfast hours. So–instead of making the biscuits from scratch, I cheat a bit (*GASP!* I know… I’m normally all about cooking things from scratch, but with these boys–they’ll never tell the difference) and buy pre-made biscuit dough to save time. The sausage gravy’s the easy part. In five easy steps, you’ll have home-made, creamy sausage gravy in less than 15 minutes.
For the gravy:
- 1 lb ground sausage
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
Directions:
1. In a large skillet, combine sausage, and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes or until sausage is browned and crumbly.
2. Stir in flour and cook for 3-5 minutes.
3. Gradually stir in half and half. Add pepper and salt and cook for 3-5 minutes, or until gravy is thickened.
4. Remove from heat and stir in butter until melted.
For biscuits, either follow this recipe or pick up a can of pillsbury biscuit dough (like I did) from the refrigerator aisle of your grocery store.
Good luck!
