Southern Sausage Gravy And Biscuits

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs bob evans sausage (regular, sage or hot)
• 1/2 lb bacon
• 2 teaspoons rubbed sage
• 1/4 lb real butter
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 gallon whole milk (2% or skimmed will not work)
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 place flour into a dry non-stick frying pan over medium heat and cook until light brown.
• 2 stir continually to prevent flour from burning.
• 3 pour into a glass bowl and set aside to be used later.
• 4 (browing the flour will keep it from lumping when added later) cut bacon into 1/2" pieces and place into large pot or dutch oven.
• 5 fry bacon until crispy.
• 6 pinch sausage into small pieces and add to bacon.
• 7 continue frying until sausage is completely cooked.
• 8 add sage and butter and stir in completely until butter is melted.
• 9 add browned flour a few tablespoons at a time and stir until liquid becomes pasty (you may not need all of the flour).
• 10 pour in milk slowly, bring to a slow boil and contiue stirring until gravy thickens.
• 11 add black pepper to taste.
• 12 you may also add a pinch or two of crushed red pepper flakes if you want the gravy to be more zippy.
• 13 serve over buttermilk biscuits prepared per package instructions.