Biscuits and Gravy

Name: Biscuits and Gravy
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 320 g flour; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 150 g cold butter, cubed; 250 ml cold buttermilk; 400 g breakfast sausage, casings removed; 40 g flour, for the gravy; 700 ml whole milk; 2 tsp coarse black pepper

Flaky biscuits drowned in peppery sausage gravy.

Total: 40 min
Active: 25 min
Serves: 4
Cuisine: american

Servings4

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Ingredients

Gravy

14 oz breakfast sausage, casings removed
1 ½ oz flour, for the gravy
3 cups whole milk
2 tsp coarse black pepper

Steps

Heat the oven to 220°C / 425°F. Rub the cold butter into the flour, baking powder, and salt until it looks like gravel.
Stir in the buttermilk, pat the dough out, fold it over itself three times, then cut into eight biscuits.
Bake 15 minutes until risen and golden.
Brown the sausage in a skillet, sprinkle over the flour, and cook 2 minutes.
Whisk in the milk and simmer until thick, season with a lot of black pepper, and pour over split biscuits.