Country Sausage Gravy

🧂 Ingredients

• ½ lb sage breakfast sausage

  (substitute plain breakfast sausage + ½ tsp dried sage)
• 2 tbsp butter or lard
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 2 cups milk

  (substitute one can of evaporated milk and water to make 2 cups)
• 1 tsp black pepper

  adjust to taste
• ½ tsp kosher salt

  adjust to taste

Instructions

• 1 Crumble the sausage in a preheated 10-12" skillet. Saute over medium heat until
  the sausage is cooked through and beginning to brown.
• 2 Melt the butter or lard in the skillet with the crumbled sausage. Sprinkle the
  all purpose flour over the sausage and fat, and stir until all pieces are well
  coated.
• 3 Reduce heat to low and stir continuously for a few minutes to cook the raw
  flour.
• 4 Pour in the milk, stirring constantly in small circular motions to break up any
  lumps.
• 5 When all the milk has been added and no lumps or large clumps remain, add the
  black pepper.
• 6 Simmer over medium low heat until the gravy has thickened. Add more milk if the
  gravy gets too thick. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.

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