Biscuits and Gravy

Biscuits and Gravy

For the Biscuits:

3 cups unbleached flour

6 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup rice milk

1/2 cup soy milk

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

1/4 cup Earth Balance butter

Preheat the oven to 450.  Combine  the four, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.  Cut in the shortening and butter with a pastry cutter or mix it in with your fingers.  Don’t mix it in too much, there should still be some small pieces of the butter and shortening.  Mix the milk in slowly with a fork until the dough comes together.  Do not over mix the dough it should all come together and be a little moist.  You can always add a little more milk if it is too dry.  On a floured surface roll out the dough to about a 1/2 inch think and cut out the biscuits.  I used a 2 inch cutter.  Place the biscuits on an ungreased tray and bake for 10-12 minutes until they are golden brown.

Gravy

3 Tbsp Earth Balance butter

3 Tbsp unbleached flour

2-3 cups of rice/soy milk blend

1 tsp salt

pepper to taste

1 cup of your favorite vegan sausage browned and crumbled

 

Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat.  When to butter is sizzling add in the flour and whisk together.  Let it cook for a minute or two and then slowly begin to add the milk a little at a time.  Keep whisking to keep it from forming lumps.  It will thicken up very quickly in the beginning, just keep whisking and adding milk to thin it.  Once you have about 2 cups of the milk in let the gravy come to a low boil, make sure to whisk it constantly (you may need some patience for this).  If it is really thick still at this point add some more milk until you reach the consistency that you like.  Add in the salt and pepper and stir.  Add in the sausage.  Serve immediately over the biscuits.