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A few years ago my sisters and I were visiting my cousin Jaime in Miami, and her husband Ben made us the most delicious breakfast of “Biscuits and ‘Mater Gravy”. Ben is from Mississippi and it sounds a lot better when he says it. I didn’t eat a lot of biscuits growing up, and had never even heard of tomato gravy…
But this was seriously delicious. And meat-free!
It’s been on my mind lately, and realized I absolutely had to try to make it…or something close to it. With a little research I found a tomato gravy recipe online, and I had plenty of biscuit recipes to choose from in my 3-ring binder of printed, ripped, and copied recipes for “someday”.
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When the biscuits come out of the oven all hot and fragrant and buttery, you smother them with tomato gravy and dig in. Then you close your eyes and go to a happy place. They are that good.
Cheddar Biscuits
Adapted from Hot Polka Dot
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter, cold and cubed
2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 cup onion, diced (the original recipe called for green onion but I used a yellow onion)
1 cup milk
2 tbsp. butter, melted
1/4 tsp. basil
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and center a rack in the middle. Line a large baking sheet with parchment.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, sugar and salt.
- Add the cold butter and combine using a pastry blender or 2 knives, until mixture is coarse and crumbly.
- Mix in the cheese and onion.
- Slowly add the milk a little at a time until the consistency is cohesive, but not too wet or sticky.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead a few times until the dough is smooth.
- Divide the dough in half and shape the halves into 9 inch rectangles. Cut each rectangle into 6 equal squares and place on baking sheet, leaving room for them to double in size.
- Bake for ten minutes, then mix the melted butter and basil and brush on top of each biscuit.
- Bake for another couple of minutes until they are golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Tomato Gravy
Adapted from Hillbilly Housewife
Ingredients
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 tbsp. flour
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 15 oz. can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup milk
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the flour and whisk until lumps disappear. Allow the mixture to simmer for a moment to “toast” the flour.
- Add the sugar, salt, and pepper and continue to whisk.
- Add the can of diced tomatoes or an equal amount of fresh tomatoes, chopped roughly.
- Continue to simmer, whisking constantly.
- Slowly add the milk…still whisking.
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