Biscuits with Dirty Sausage Gravy

Ingredients

Sausage Gravy:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 log package sausage (recommended: Jimmy Dean)
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco)
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• Salt and freshly cracked black pepper

Biscuits:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup cold butter
• 1 cup whole milk
• All-purpose flour, for dusting
• Cream, for glazing

For the sausage gravy:

Directions

In a large heavy bottom pot melt the tablespoon of butter and brown the sausage for about 5 minutes. Add the heavy cream and bring to a simmer. Once at a simmer, add the hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and maple syrup. Simmer the gravy for 15 minutes and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

For the biscuits:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

In a bowl sift together the dry ingredients. Add the butter and incorporate the flour into it until the texture is consistent. Pour the milk into the flour mixture and mix with a fork until the dough begins to come together.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out until it's about 1-inch thick. Cut the dough vertically and then horizontally, yielding approximately 15 square biscuits. Lay the biscuits out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Glaze the top of each biscuit with a little bit of cream and place the sheet in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the biscuits turn golden in color.

Assemble by placing a biscuit on a plate and covering it with about 1/2 a cup of the sausage gravy.