White Trash Hamburger Gravy and Breakfast Biscuits

Pot Scrubber's Note:

This was my sister's favorite thing to eat when she was growing up. She wouldn't let anyone but me make it for her.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 8 ounces ground beef (browned, crumbled, and drained) or 8 ounces pork sausage (browned, crumbled, and drained)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 ½ cups whole milk
• ½ cup half-and-half cream
• salt , to taste
• pepper , to taste
• purchased refrigerated buttermilk biscuit

Directions:

1. Cook and drain beef. (I rinse the beef under hot water to remove all of the grease -- it is rich enough!).
2. Melt butter in a pan and when melted and lightly sizzling add the flour.
3. Whisk until combined and gently simmer the butter/flour mixture for about two minutes to remove the flour/starch taste but don't let it brown any.
4. Add the 1.5 cups of milk and quickly whisk until smooth. SImmer until thick over medium heat stirring constantly. It will be quite thick.
5. Add the half and half cream and quickly whisk until smooth.
6. Cook over low heat until thickened.
7. Add the beef and adjust the seasonings.
8. Serve over good biscuits well buttered.
9. This is a very creamy and rich gravy. You may use 2 cups whole milk if you need to omit the cream.
10. If it is too thick for your taste -- then dilute with more milk -- but it usually is perfect the way it is written.
11. Leftovers are excellent.

Reviews

[mommyoffour]

This is a very good gravy and biscuit recipe. I used sausage and also a little bit of cream (had to use it up) and it was rich rich rich. We loved it though. I will make again, as we couldn't get enough of it. Great flavor and it cooked up so nicely. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[J-Lynn]

Very good! It thickens nicely, although the stirring is time-consuming! I would give it 5 stars but I think it lacks flavor as written. Besides salt and pepper, I added smoked paprika. That was good, but it still needed more of something... I guess I could have been heavier on the salt.

[IndyEater]

Really good with some Cajun spice. Used sausage. Not so good on the figure 2 days before Christmas!