Southern Style White Sausage Gravy Recipe

    

This is southern USA breakfast at its finest! Entering any breakfast buffet or cafeteria line in the southern United States, you are bound to find this southern delicacy. Hot, buttery, smooth, and delicious over some of mama's fresh made biscuits, it doesn't get any better than that folks! My mom use to make this gravy for me as a kid, and it was usually an instant formula from a packet, but it is just as easy to make from scratch. 

    

This is nostalgia for me in one recipe; I would make this recipe for my boy scout troop and I on a cold morning to warm up our bellies after a cold night. It would bring us all such happiness, and I never went a winter campout without this being made. The key to this recipe, is preventing lumps and maintaining a consistency that is not watery. Follow my steps and you will be making some delicious southern style white sausage gravy for your loved ones!

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons bacon fat (may replace with an additional 2 tablespoons butter) 

2 tablespoons salted butter 

3 tablespoons all purpose flour 

1 cup warm whole milk 

1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper

1 pound cooked ground breakfast sausage of choice 

Directions:

1. Begin by melting bacon fat and butter in the bottom of a 9inch skillet over low-med heat. After melted, add flour to pan and whisk together to make a rue. 

2. KEEP WHISKING and add milk slowly until incorporated, if your milk is cold it will cause lumps so make sure to warm in the microwave for 45 seconds. Do not stop whisking until gravy is smooth and uniform. 

3. Add 1 tablespoon of milk at a time if gravy is too thick, or until desired consistency. If you mess up do not worry, add more flour to thicken.

4. Add cooked sausage and ENJOY! Serve over country fried steak, biscuits, fried chicken, and more!!