Soft biscuits with crisp tops sit over a luscious pool of savory sausage gravy. Biscuits and gravy casserole is the perfect breakfast or brunch dish to feed a gathering. It’s one of my family’s favorites!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork sausage
- 4 ½ cups milk
- ½ cup flour
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 7.5 ounce cans refrigerator biscuits
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray 13 x 9 inch glass pan with oil cooking spray.
- Brown sausage in a medium sized pot; transfer sausage to prepared baking dish.
- Use a paper towel to blot out grease from sausage.
- Add butter to sausage drippings in pot and melt over medium heat.
- Add flour, salt and peppers and stir to combine and create roux (mixture of fat and flour used to thicken many dishes).
- Cook 2-3 minutes until roux begins to brown.
- Add milk a little at a time, whisking until smooth.
- Cook on medium-low, stirring often until thickened (several minutes).
- Pour gravy over sausage in baking pan.
- Separate refrigerator biscuits and cut each into fourths.
- Top gravy with biscuit pieces.
- Bake 25-30 minutes until biscuits are golden brown.
- Serve warm.