Recipe Gloria's Sausage Gravy with Biscuits (Pork)

Required Ingredients:

• 1 pound sage flavored ground breakfast sausage
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• 1 dash hot pepper sauce
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• 2 packages active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 2 cups warm buttermilk (105 to 115 degrees F/43 to 46 degrees C)
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Preparing/Cooking:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• To make the gravy: Crumble sausage in skillet and cook over medium-low heat.
• Add onion and cook until tender; drain.
• Stir in flour, a little at a time, for about 6 minutes or until bubbly and golden.
• Stir in milk, nutmeg, poultry seasoning, salt, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce and cook until thick.
• To make biscuits: Dissolve yeast in warm water; let stand 5 minutes.
• Stir in buttermilk and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt.
• Cut in shortening with pastry blender until looks like coarse meal.
• Stir in yeast-buttermilk mix and mix well.
• Turn out onto lightly floured surface and knead gently 3 to 4 times.
• Roll out flat to 1/2 inch and cut with 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheet and cover.
• Let rise in warm place 1 1/2 hrs.
• Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until golden.
• Remove from oven and brush tops with melted butter.

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