Biscuits with Herb Breakfast Sausage Gravy

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup skim milk, or as needed
• 1/2 teaspoon swhite vinegar
• cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon sbaking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/3 teaspoon sea salt
• pinch dried oregano
• pinch dried basil
• pinch ground thyme
• 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter
• ounce sturkey breakfast sausage
• tablespoon unsalted butter
• tablespoon sall-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning (such as Trader Joe's® 21 Seasoning Salute)
• 1/2 cup sskim milk
• 1/2 cup chicken broth

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
2. Pour milk into a measuring cup and add vinegar; set aside until milk curdles, 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, oregano, basil, and thyme in a large bowl. Cut in cold butter using a pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
4. Make a well in the dry ingredients and stir gently with a wooden spoon while pouring in 1/4 cup curdled milk at a time. Stop adding milk when it resembles a slightly tacky but moldable dough, stirring until just combined. You may not need all of the milk.
5. Turn mixture onto a lightly floured surface, dust the top with a bit of flour, and then very gently turn the dough over on itself 5 to 6 times. Form dough into a 1 inch thick disc, handling as little as possible.
6. Using a 1 inch thick dough cutter, push straight down through the dough, then slightly twist. Repeat and place biscuits on a baking sheet in 2 rows, making sure they just touch; this will help them rise uniformly. Gently reform the dough and cut out 1 or 2 more biscuits.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until fluffy and slightly golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
8. While biscuits are baking, cook sausage in a skillet over medium heat until browned, using a wooden spoon to break it up as it cooks, about 5 minutes.
9. Stir butter in a saucepan until melted. Mix in flour, salt, and seasoning. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Whisk in milk and continue cooking and stirring until gravy has thickened. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. If mixture is too thick, add in enough chicken broth until gravy has desired consistency. Serve gravy immediately over split biscuits.

Tips

The Trader Joe's(R) 21 Seasoning Salute brings a flavor all on its own, and while it's not an Italian seasoning, if you don't have this seasoning on hand, Italian seasoning with black pepper, and cayenne pepper will be a close match.