4 to 8 servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Salted butter (Cold)
Whole milk
Buttermilk (Cold)
1-pound pork sausage
Bacon
Seasonings
Salt
Black pepper
Granulated onion
Granulated garlic
Tools you’ll need
Food processor or pastry cutter
Biscuit cutter (3 and 1/2 inches in diameter)
11 by 17-inch baking pan
Preparation of ingredients
Biscuits
Step 1- Add 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a food processor. Pulse 4 times to get ingredients combined.
Step 2- Add 1 and 1/2 sticks salted butter (Cold and cubed). Pulse 10 to 12 times or until the butter is cut into the flour. If you’re not using a food processor, add the flour and butter into a large bowl and cut the butter into the flour using the pastry cutter.
Step 3- Transfer the butter and flour mixture into a large bowl. Add 1 cup buttermilk (Cold). Stir with a sturdy spoon until the dough starts to come together. Dough will be sticky, this is normal.
Forming and cutting the dough
Step 4- Lightly flour the surface of your table. Add the dough on top of the table. Add flour onto your hands and press the dough down onto the table. Form a 10 inch long by 5-inch-long rectangle. Dough should also have a thickness of 1-inch.
Step 5- Cut 8 pieces of dough using the biscuit cutter. If you run out of room to cut extra pieces of dough, take the leftover dough and bring it together and press down again using your hands forming a rectangle. From there you can cut out more pieces of dough using the biscuit cutter.
Baking the biscuits
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Step 6- Spread salted butter along the inside of an 11 by 17-inch baking pan. Add biscuit dough pieces into the baking pan. Make sure they are spaced out, so they won’t touch during the baking process.
Step 7- Place into a preheated 425-degree oven on the middle rack. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes.
Step 8- Remove biscuits from the oven. Melt 2 tablespoons salted butter. Generously spread butter on top of each biscuit using a pastry brush. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Bacon and sausage
Step 9- Cut 3 strips of bacon into small bite sized pieces. Place into bowl with the sausage. We’re only going to be using 10 ounces in weight of the sausage.
Preheat fire to medium heat.
Step 10- Let saucepan get hot for 2 minutes. Add 10-ounces in weight of sausage and the chopped bacon. Stir all ingredients together. Let sauté for 8 minutes stirring occasionally.
Step 11- Turn your fire off and let cool for 10 minutes. Add the sauteed bacon and sausage into a mesh strainer with a small bowl underneath it to catch the pan drippings. Stir the bacon and sausage while it’s in the mesh strainer. Let sit for 3 to 4 minutes stirring occasionally or until the mixture is ready to be added into the gravy. Once done you should have 3 tablespoons pan drippings left over from the bacon and sausage.
Making the bacon and sausage gravy
Preheat fire to medium heat.
Step 12- Let saucepan get hot for 1 to 2 minutes. Add 3 tablespoons pan drippings from the bacon and sausage into the large saucepan. Let get hot for 30 seconds. Add 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and stir continuously with a wooden spatula for 30 seconds.
Step 13- Add 2 cups whole milk (Room temp), 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon granulated onion, and 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic. Stir all ingredients together. Let simmer for 3 to 4 minutes or until the gravy thickens.
Step 14- Turn fire off. Add sauteed bacon and sausage. Stir all ingredients together.
Quick tips- The gravy will thicken as it cools. If the gravy is too thick, you can reheat it for 3 to 4 minutes on medium-low heat in a small pot on the stove. For best results, serve the very next day so the flavors can settle and increase overnight.
YouTube instructional video
