Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Biscuits & Gravy Casserole


 Thanks to In fine Taste for this yummy breakfast!

Ingredients

For Gravy

  • 1 pound ground pork sausage
  • 4 ½ cups milk
  • ½ cup flour
  • 3 Tablespoons butter
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

For biscuits

  • 2 7.5 ounce cans refrigerator biscuits or use our homemade drop biscuit recipe

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees.Spray 13 x 9 inch glass pan with oil cooking spray.
  • Brown sausage in a medium sized pot; transfer sausage to prepared baking dish. Use a paper towel to blot out grease from sausage.
  • Add butter to sausage drippings in pot and melt over medium heat. Add flour, salt and peppers and stir to combine and create roux (mixture of fat and flour used to thicken many dishes). Cook 2-3 minutes until roux begins to brown.
  • Add milk a little at a time, whisking until smooth. Cook on medium-low, stirring often until thickened (several minutes). Pour gravy over sausage in baking pan.
  • Separate refrigerator biscuits and cut each into fourths OR, make homemade biscuit dough and divide into small portions. Top gravy with biscuit pieces. 
  • Bake 25-30 minutes until biscuits are golden brown. Serve warm.