biscuits and gravy

This is deliciousness personified. Well, personified isn't truly accurate is it? Howbout deliciousness incarnate? Nope, that's talking about something being given a human body as well. Sheesh. There goes my attempt at superlativeness.

Just know that my favorite breakfast in the world is sitting on that black plate to the left. Biscuits and gravy. For precision it must be homemade biscuits with homemade sausage gravy. In reality I could just eat a bowl of the gravy and be perfectly content.

I'm not too picky about the biscuits. Usually we eat the yogurt biscuit recipe from Nava Atlas' The Vegetarian Family Cookbook because you just mix the ingredients. (I hate cutting fat into flour aka traditional biscuits) But as far as I'm concerned, a biscuit is merely the vehicle bringing the heavenly ambrosia of sausage gravy to my lips.

Gravy for us is such:

1. Brown 1 lb of sausage in a soup pot. (I make a lot so I use my 6 qt soup pot. Also, we normally use turkey sausage, but any ol' type will do.)
2. Melt 1 stick of butter with the sausage.
3. Add the equivalent amount of flour to the amount of fat in your pot. With turkey sausage you only need to add a heaping 1/2 cupful. With pork sausage you would need to add a bit more since it has more fat. Just add enough flour so that all the fat is absorbed by the flour and the flour is all wet. (A picture would be nice here, wouldn't it? "Hey, Blog Author! Get your act together and get a 'in process' shot. Do you want to be a legitimate cooking blog or what?!")
4. Lower the temperature to med-low, add about 3 cups or so of milk and begin whisking. (Use a flat whisk that can get all the corners of the pot. A balloon whisk will work as will a spoon but a flat whisk will work best.) Keep in mind the ratio of flour to milk should be about 2 Tb to 1 cup.
5. After a lot of stirring, the gravy will begin to thicken. If it is too thick, add a smidge more milk. Make sure you don't add too much, though, because while you can always thin it, it's much more difficult to thicken a runny gravy.
6. Once it is at the desired consistency, salt and pepper to taste and throw in a little sage for good measure.

When the seasonings are perfected you will have your own personal transportation to Yummy Yummersville.