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      Title: Biscuits & Gravy Casserole
 Categories: Breads, Pork, Herbs, Mushrooms, Dairy
      Yield: 12 Servings

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  2 1/4 c  A-P flour (315 g)
      3 tb Corn starch
      1 tb Baking powder
    3/4 ts Kosher salt
    1/2 c  Unsalted butter; cold
      1 c  Buttermilk; cold

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      1 tb Olive oil
    1/2 lb Mushrooms; sliced
    1/4 c  Yellow onions; chopped
      1 lb Breakfast pork sausage
      6 tb All-purpose flour
    1/2 ts Ground sage
    1/2 ts Fresh ground black pepper
    1/8 ts Ground nutmeg
    3/4 ts Kosher salt
  2 1/2 c  Whole milk

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      1 tb Unsalted butter; melted

  Set the oven @ 400 F/205 C.

  Combine the flour, corn starch, baking powder, and salt in a large
  bowl. Cut the butter into 1/2" chunks and sprinkle it over the dry
  ingredients. Using a pastry blender, a butter knife, or a fork, cut
  the butter into the dry ingredients until most of it is the size of
  peas.

  Add the buttermilk and toss the mixture with a spatula until it
  starts to look shaggy, and most of the buttermilk has been absorbed.

  Turn out the contents of the bowl onto a clean surface dusted with
  a little flour. Gather the dough together with your hands into a
  mound, then roll it out until it is about 10" wide.

  Use a spatula (like the kind you use to make fried eggs) or bench
  scraper and flip 1/3rd of the dough over from the left to the
  center. Then flip the other side over that side.

  Rotate the dough 90  and roll it out again to about a 10" square.
  It will start to feel more like a dough and less crumbly at this
  point, but there will still be some loose chunks. Just press them
  back into the dough.

  Repeat the process of rolling out and folding two more times. By
  the fourth time, the biscuit dough will hold together and feel like
  actual dough.

  Roll out the dough to a 10" square that's roughly 1/2" thick. Using
  a 2-1/2" biscuit cutter, cut out 16 circles. When you press down to
  cut out the dough, don't twist the biscuit cutter, which will
  "seal" the edges of the dough.

  Set aside 12 of the biscuit rounds. Place the remaining 4 biscuit
  rounds on the bottom of a 9x13" baking dish. Cut up the remaining
  scraps of dough and jigsaw puzzle the remaining dough into the
  bottom of the casserole dish, making sure to cover the bottom in a
  single layer.

  Place on a rimmed baking sheet (for ease of removal from the oven
  and to catch any drips). Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until
  the top of the biscuits start to look dry but not brown at all.

  While the bottom biscuits are baking, make the gravy by placing the
  oil, mushrooms, and onions in a large saute pan. Cook on high heat,
  stirring constantly, until the mushrooms start to soften, and the
  onions start to look translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the sausage,
  breaking it up with a wooden spoon or spatula, and cook until the
  sausage starts to brown, about 5 minutes.

  Keep the heat on high, and add the flour, sage, black pepper,
  nutmeg, and salt to the pan. Stir until the ingredients are
  absorbed. Pour in the milk, reduce heat to medium, and cook,
  continuing to stir until the liquid has started to bubble and
  thicken, about 3 to 7 minutes.

  If the first layer of biscuits isn't done baking, lower the heat on
  the gravy to a simmer until the biscuits are done. If you still
  need time to finish the gravy, but the biscuits are done-remove the
  casserole dish from the oven, and let it sit on the counter or
  stovetop while you finish the gravy.

  Once the gravy has thickened and the first layer of biscuits is
  done baking, pour or spoon the gravy over the biscuit layer in the
  casserole dish. Place the 12 reserved biscuits over the gravy and
  brush the top of the biscuits with the melted butter.

  Return the dish to the oven and bake until the biscuits are golden
  brown and the gravy is bubbling and thick, about 18 to 23 minutes.

  Let cool 10 minutes before serving warm from the casserole dish.

  Recipe by Irvin Lin

  Recipe FROM: http://www.simplyrecipes.com

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