Saturday, January 23, 2010

My Grandmother's Sausage Gravy & Biscuits

So my grandmother is one of the funniest people I've ever known. She can seriously have us all laughing hysterically with tears streaming down our faces and she's 89 years old. (Although she looks like 65 due to her superior Native American skin- which unfortunately I did NOT inherit. Of course.) My grandmother also happens to make the best damn sausage gravy ever. She is from Arkansas after all. I attribute much of my love of food to her since she has passed on her ability to eat food super slowly while savoring every minute to me. (Of course I get that and not the great skin).

Side story- As a kid a cousin of mine who ate super fast was told he could have his third slice of pizza after I finished my first... Two hours later I was still nibbling on the crust and he was eyeing me with as much hatred in his eyes as a 4 year old could muster.

Soo regardless of how fast you eat it, I am about to share my grandmother's southern sausage gravy recipe and it is delicious. It is the best Saturday morning breakfast ever! (Aside from my cousin Francis' homemade cinnamon bun recipe which perhaps I will share some day.)

Pop some pre-made biscuit dough into the oven (I like the Immaculate Baking Company's All Natural Biscuits)
In a pan cook 1lb of country sausage (I used First Place Premium Country Sausage)
Once sausage is cooked through add in 1/3 c of flour and mix in with the sausage
Add 2 c of water and keep stirring
After a few minutes the gravy will thicken up and you can slather the gravy all over the biscuits you've just baked.



Mmmmm. (They taste better than they look. I'm aware that this pic looks scary.) BTW I am making this as my Saturday night dinner, so clearly this is an anytime food!



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