Rosemary-Black Pepper Cheddar Biscuits With Bacon Gravy and Toma
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- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 354.88 ml flour
- 4.92 ml salt
- 9.85 ml baking powder
- 2.46 ml baking soda
- 1.23 ml black pepper, fresh ground
- 59.16 ml shortening, chilled
- 44.37 ml fresh rosemary, minced
- 14.79 ml fresh parsley, minced
- 59.14 ml sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 egg, beaten
- 177.44 ml buttermilk
- 5 slice bacon (we like thick cut)
- 59.14 ml flour
- 473.18-709.77 ml milk
- salt and pepper
- 2 tomatoes, sliced thick
- salt and pepper
- chives, minced (optional)
- parsley, minced (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 450*.
- Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pepper. Cut in chilled shortening (or rub in with fingers) until pea-sized lumps form. Stir in herbs and cheese.
- Whisk together buttermilk and egg and add to flour. Gently stir with a fork until just combined. Don't over mix or you'll end up with hard biscuits.
- Turn dough out onto a floured work surface. Pat down gently to a 1/2 inch thick circle or square. Using a floured biscuit cutter, press down and cut out biscuits. ( Do not twist cutter to remove the biscuits. My mom always said that would make the biscuits not rise and she made the most amazing biscuits -- so that is still how I do it. Just straight down, and straight up with the cutter.) You can reknead the scraps to form more biscuits, but the will not be as tender as the first ones. I usually just kind of pat the scraps into little biscuit shapes. I get 8-10 out of this recipe total.
- Place on an ungreased sheet pan and bake for 10-15 minutes until light golden brown.
- Meanwhile, fry bacon over medium heat until just crispy. Remove from skillet and place on a paper towel. Reserve the drippings in the pan.
- Add flour to the bacon grease and whisk til smooth. Cook for a minute or so to get rid of the raw flour taste. Do not burn the flour though --
- Add milk all at once, whisking like crazy the whole time. Heat til bubbling and simmer 5-10 minutes until the gravy begins to thicken. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Cut open your biscuit and top each with a thick slice of tomato. Season liberally with salt and pepper--tomatoes ALWAYS need salt and pepper if you ask me -- Ladle over a heaping (or not so heaping) helping of your gravy. Crumble the bacon over the top, sprinkle with chives and/or parsley and additional salt and pepper as desired. Enjoy!
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