Southern Sausage Gravy

Mamaw Carey’s Southern Sausage Gravy
A real southern dish that will surely stick to your ribs. I can remember my Mom fixing this dish for various occasions, and not just for breakfast.

Special dinners, such as Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners always had a side of sausage gravy on the table.

Preparation time: 45 minutes to 1 hour
Serves: 4 to 6

Ingredients:

• 1 lb mild sausage roll
  (Bob Evans or Jimmy Dean is best)
• ½ cup all purpose flour
• 2 to 2½ cups of milk
• Salt and black pepper

Directions:

• Cut sausage roll into 1/4 inch patties and fry them in a deep skillet.
• Remove cooked patties and set them aside to cool slightly.
  Leave as much of the sausage grease in the pan as possible.
• Add flour to left over grease.
  Scrape the mix with a fork to mix the grease and the flour until it becomes light brown.
• Add the milk and stir thoroughly.
• Crumble the sausage patties into the skillet and stir the mix.
• Add salt and pepper to desired taste. More pepper than salt!
• Allow the mix to boil, then reduce the heat and stir constantly until thick.
• Thickness is up to you.
  If it’s too thick, add a little more milk (1/4 cup at time).
  If it’s too thin, add flour (1 tblspns at a time).

Serve:

• Serve plain, over country biscuits or buttered toast.
  Personally, I think serving over home made biscuits is best.

Alternatives:

• Consider sauteing chopped onions with the sausage to add a bit of flair.

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