Want to show your family how much you love them?  Make them flaky buttermilk biscuits smothered in creamy sausage gravy.  Okay, I realize this is not a meal you should eat very often, but sometimes you need a little southern comfort and this dish is lick-your-plate-clean comfort food at its best!

Sausage Gravy

makes 3-4 cups (about 6 servings)

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 pound breakfast sausage, cooked (reserve fat drippings)

• 4 tablespoons fat (sausage or bacon drippings, melted butter)

• 4 tablespoons all purpose flour

• 2 cups whole milk

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

• 1 teaspoon rubbed sage

• 1 teaspoon dried parsley

Directions

1. In a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat, melt fat and add flour; whisking until until the mixture bubbles for a full minute. 

2. Add milk, salt, pepper, sage, and parsley; continue whisking until the mixture comes to a boil and thickens. 

3. Turn off heat and stir in cooked sausage. 

4. Serve over homemade Buttermilk Biscuits. 

Note

• The gravy will thicken as it cools - if needed, stir in a splash of milk to thin (works well when heating leftover gravy as well).