Like I always do, I'm gonna keep it 100 with youse gents, because I want you to experience the best, most authentic American food as possible. Now... I have watched a lot of videos of UKers or Aussies or some folks or another try to make biscuits and gravy. Of all them, Charlie, you did the absolute best technical job. Hands down. Biscuits and gravy. Friggin impressive, not a flaw in sight. The ONLY note on the entire enterprise I have is ya gotta give that gravy a nice whack of sage. You fellas are turning into true food Magellans, full kudos.
I agree mokumboi! The closest I've seen and I've watched alot of these. The only thing I would change is some Sage & thin out the gravy a bit. When making the gravy I make it a little runny because keep in mind you're having it over biscuits and the biscuits absorb the gravy. It the gravy's too thick its going to be too dry. Otherwise, he did a great job! Made it just the way I do!!!
I would have just opened a can of Pillsbury grands, great job. I’m too lazy to make biscuits from scratch. Then again I can’t buy Yorkshire pudding in the shop so I have to make them from scratch. The gravy needs a lot of black pepper.
I am from Tennessee. Never had gravy with sage in it. Just the roux and black pepper. Always bringing the bs critiques even though the job is already done better than you probably could do it.
Biscuits are a staple and can be eaten with every meal. Started as frontier survival food and got us through hard times, like the Great Depression. A couple few generations of grandmothers cooking this dish with lots of love made it world class comfort food.
@@JuneBaby01No it's 100% true. American biscuits were initially made by pioneers in the West as a way to get as much as possible out of their supplies.
Split the biscuit and pour the gravy over the top---that's how it's usually eaten in the US of A. If the gravy is more on the thin side, the biscuit will sop up some of moisture. Delish!
Yeah, break it half or crumble it up then put the gravy. You don't have to use sausage, you can use fried chicken grease, or any kind of grease. Momma's gravy was always whatever meat we had. I loved hamburger cubed steak with gravy.
Howdy from Texas. You did a fantastic job on both the biscuits and the gravy. There are a few different recipes on biscuits. I am a former chef and chef instructor myself and my late wife was a pastry chef. I make biscuits myself and really the only difference between what I do and what I saw you do is I don't use any sugar in my recipe. And instead of that much butter. I instead use half butter and half lard. But you did just fine following the recipe you had to work with. Also you really should have used more milk in your sausage gravy. You can even just add water after using some milk to thin it out a little more. But I'm really glad y'all enjoyed it. You can also eat biscuits with butter and honey or jam or jelly. Nobody here in the United States ever uses double cream though like you lot do on your scones. My late mother often made home made biscuits for me and my brothers for breakfast growing up. And she'd always make more than we could eat so after we left each morning for school. She'd put the extra biscuits in a linen lined basket with the edges folded over the top to cover the biscuits. So that they would be right there when we returned home from school and that's what we would have along with some butter and honey, jam or jelly. That would be our snack to keep us satisfied until she returned home from her job and made dinner for us. So biscuits hold a special place in my heart. Biscuits and gravy is traditionally a breakfast meal. But can actually be eaten for any meal. And yes it was a dish born out of the necessity to feed a large family using very little ingredients that didn't cost much but still filled everyone's bellies so that they could work through the morning without being hungry. Now however it's just a very popular southern comfort food.
So proud of you Charlie! You did amazing for your first try. All for making Charlie an honorary southern boy. Happy Thanksgiving from East TN! 🧡🍽🦃 Make tissue boy some sawmill gravy (no sausage) and biscuits.
@ I use bacon grease for my sausage gravy and sawmill gravy. Definitely adds so much more flavor. Not sure UK bacon is the same as ours though. 🤷🏻♀️ Happy Thanksgiving!
This is the FIRST legit video like this I've ever watched. This is how I make my biscuits and gravy. Great job!!!! Those biscuits are also great split in half then slathered in butter and any kind of jam or honey.
What impressed me about this is he nailed the recipe and technique for it being his first attempt at American Biscuits with Sausage Gravy. In terms of consistency, I tend to like mine thick but not too thick so his thickness would be okay for me.
I feel like biscuits and gravy are comparable to your beans on toast. When everyone was suffering through the great depression, they found inexpensive and filling food. We just did it different 😂
they honestly arent. beans on toast is just carbs on carbs. biscuits and gravy is fats and protein, slathered on top of carbs. culinarily it makes zero sense to put carbs on carbs. like making a spaghetti sandwich, crouton tacos, potatos on bread. its absurd tbh lol.
@@nullakjg767 Many don’t agree. Baked beans and cornbread, red beans and rice, Latin American rice and beans, etc. Virtually every culture has a famous dish that includes some combination of legumes and grains, which can be major sources of protein, not just carbs.
Dear Tissue Boy , try your biscuit with Honey and a fried chicken finger . A breaded fried pork chop or breaded steak . Change up the gravy , it all works with a biscuit . Bake the biscuit on top of a stew . SO many ways to incorporate Biscuits into every meal . "It's a Southern Thang"
Add a couple of over easy eggs on the breakfast plate and you have heaven. The runny yokes mixes very well with the biscuits and gravy. Biscuits with a slab of butter on them can go with any meal.
I've traveled extensively in the U.S. Biscuits/gravy is a favorite. My hot restaurant tips: Always open the biscuit to two halves - more surface for gravy. Always order gravy on the side, you'll get more gravy, if it needs more salt or pepper you have that opportunity. If it's too salty, return it and order something else. Reserve one biscuit and ask for honey (meal and dessert). Once in a while, I'll get served a sweet sausage gravy - this is also unacceptable. Rarely have I been served a gravy that thick as yours, but I have been served too runny of a gravy several times - just makes the biscuits too wet. Kudos to you for making homemade biscuits and gravy from scratch. I'm impressed.
Good Job. I make my biscuits from scratch, no sugar and you should try Not to Over Manipulate the dough while kneading., it will melt the butter too soon. You want that to happen during the baking process. Also always remember to keep your board/table tops floured while folding over the dough. Don't press too hard. The flour will cling to the bits of butter and make it that much more flaky! Last tip, your gravy was a bit too thick and gloomy. Use more milk or water until it's just thick enough but not runny. I think that the sausage we have here in the US is different from that of the UK. I've had both and the US sausage has more spice in it, but possibly more additives that makes it spicier, Unfortunately! Anyway, if you enjoyed that combination, keep trying. Eventually, you'll get the rhythm and 'muscle memory' from the practice and you'll be a Pro! I've also found that Brits really like pepper but in the US we don't overdo it with black pepper so much. We rely on other peppers and additional spices like onion, garlic and fresh/dried herbs in the gravy! Good Luck and Good Video. Southern food was made simply but tasty and out of necessity to feed a hungry family with not a lot of $$. Necessity being the father of invention!
Definitely looks like you found a good recipe with techniques for the biscuits (grating the butter for instance). You've now experienced the greatness of our biscuits. Popeye's biscuits are good when fresh, so you definitely had a bad experience there. The sweetness is probably from that touch of sugar you put in. The recipe I use, doesn't use sugar, but I imagine some do. They're so easy to make, which just adds to how good they are. Like you said, you can put honey on them, you can use them as a sandwich for fried chicken (tenders or something boneless) and you can use them for something sweet too (like you might for your scones with berries and cream). I'm really impressed with the research and skill you guys put into the cooking. I've seen plenty of other YTbers who don't, and they make significant mistakes with ingredients, cooking or something else. Don't sweat it Joe. I'm more of a bacon guy than a breakfast sausage guy. So, for me, the sausage gravy is a bit intense of a sausage flavor. I can see why people like it though. You can have biscuits and gravy at any time, but yes, it's something some will eat for breakfast. It's a hearty comfort food for many. Something you might really enjoy on a cold day. When I was a kid, there was a time I woke up in the middle of the night (heard a sound on the roof) and walked down to where the tree was. I vaguely remember seeing what I thought was Santa, and that's it. I remember nothing else that happened after that moment. Just the next morning. No idea what was really going on, and I don't believe in Santa as a reality, but it's kind of fun to use that memory to pretend a little. To really answer the question, I guess I would probably just confront them asking what they're doin and to get out. After that it'd just depend on their reaction. Great video guys.
Those biscuits would make any US granny proud!!! So happy you got to try this American classic and you liked it. Now you understand how different UK scones are from US biscuits. They really are nothing like each other. You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned you thought this meal originated during "hard times" as that is 100% accurate! We also make this gravy using chipped beef instead of pork sausage and serve it on buttered toast. We call that "sh*t on a shingle" or SOS. We also make the gravy using ground beef, or mince as you call it, and serve it either on buttered toast or mashed potatoes. Once you have the basic "gravy" down, you can add whatever meat you have and adapt it into a meal by adding in whatever carb is on hand! AMAZING JOB!!
Yes for a fact it's breakfast in America but you can eat it anytime you can Add all kinds of stuff to it . Sunnyside up eggs biscuit sausage gravy are banging. Make biscuits sausage and gravy casserole , add cheese if you wanna. Biscuits and sausage gravy pizza. It's good with eggs ,potatoes, waffles ,pancakes , honey,fried chicken,fruit. BBQ. It comes from the southern states in America get it into ya Cheers
The reason why these are called biscuits in the first place is because they're the modern interpretation of the original ships biscuits that the Colonists came to the Americas with. They were hardtack biscuits that served to keep people alive on the long ships voyage. They were generally soaked in some sort of liquid or gravy before eating while on the ship. Once the colonists got to dry land they didn't need to make them as desiccated hockey pucks anymore because they could make them fresh daily rather than having to store them for months in barrels on long voyages. So they started making them lighter and fluffier and using fresh ingredients like butter and buttermilk. They were never sweet until Victorian times when some sweet biscuits are used for things like strawberry shortcakes. Today's Buttermilk Biscuits fall into the general category of butter enriched quick breads, as opposed to yeast risen or flat breads. If you had used yeast dough it would have been a croissant
Y'all I'm an old Southern American woman & You made me proud! I make my crew what we call a tornado. In a take away cup (16 or 20 oz) layer torn biscuit & sausage gravy top with scrambled eggs & a layer of cheese on top. Pop a lid on it & you have a great breakfast on the go! YUM!
We also do sausage biscuits, which are little sandwiches of a sausage patty in a split biscuit. Try splitting the biscuit why it's hot and letting a pat of butter melt inside it, then adding a spoonful of jam.
Great job on the Biscuits! I make my Gravy a little more runny and use either a Sage Sausage or a Spicy Sausage(or a mix of both) and add a dash of Tobasco Hot Sauce on top.
Excellent job Charlie! Those looked amazing! You are so correct .. I feel everyone that makes the gravy likes it ... a different thickness! Far as Santa goes .. I would probably just faint .. and hope that when I woke up .. he left me a gift!
You guys crack me up. Enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work. For the one who doesn't like sausage, you can make the gravy without it. It's good too. 🤩
Biscuits looked perfect! When trying them with condiments, grab a biscuit, pull it apart so you have 2 halves, spread butter on it and then add honey, or jam or.... Bicuits and gravy are typically eaten for breakfast but my be eaten anytime. Stick to the ribs food. Also, gravy is made with breakfast sausage which is spiced with sage and other spices vs a dinner sausage which doesn't usually have sage for spice in it, such as kielbasa.
Missed the premier. Looks great Charlie! I've always had biscuits and gravies with other breakfast items, not as a meal in itself. Picture biscuits as the bread for your full English breakfast. 🤝
Just woke up to this 🤠🙌🙏 what a legend... You're too kind 😁 thank you from all of us 🙌 yeh that makes sense too, we definitely need to do another episode with all the other suggestions to go with biscuits for sure 😀
My favorite thing on a biscuit is butter and a berry jam or preserves, but really any jam. Also honey is top tier, especially spicy honey (with fried chicken too). But during Thanksgiving, dipping your biscuits in turkey gravy (or any meat gravy, they're also perfect dipped into a meaty stew). Also used for the bread part in a breakfast sandwich-- cheese, bacon or sausage and egg however you like it, I prefer with a runny yolk which acts as a sauce. Try them with all sorts of things, my friends.
Lort, he did an incredible job throwing this one together. Biscuits work well with everything. Can go savory or sweet. Put any meat on them, put any jam or jelly. Put some sugar and cinnamon. A pork cutlet and mustard. Can even make a little breakfast hamburger pickle and all. Love me some biscuits and gravy. Often have it for dinner. We call it, "breakfast dinner". lol
Great job! The kep to amazing fluffy biscuits is not overworking them. Do not kneed the dough. And even a little tip, I always use Cream of Tartar to make them extra fluffy and tender
Charlie!! Your biscuits looked perfect! 😋I myself am revolted by dairy, so I make my gravy with chicken or beef stock, sometimes with a little beer in it. It's SO good. I go on biscuit kicks sometimes because I like to use buttermilk in them (when the dairy is mixed in and baked it's okay😉), and buttermilk comes in quarts (it's hard to find it in pints) so that's a few batches of biscuits worth. If they're cold, I like to cut them in half and put butter on them, then put them in the toaster oven. They get soft again and the edges get a little crispy with the butter 🙌🏽 Then jam, honey, ham and cheese, whatever sounds good. Or have them on the side with some soup or something. Red Lobster puts grated cheese, garlic, and herbs in their biscuit dough so it's all baked in, and they're to f**king die for. Happy Thanksgiving, guys!! 🧡💛🤎🦃🥂
I so love watching videos of Brits trying American biscuits and gravy, I so love watching you guys getting your mind blown away, creamed chipped beef is another good meal
I love biscuits in the mornin with butter and jam or eggs and a cup of coffee. I make a batch of biscuits and have one every morning and when I have had the last one I bake another batch. For breakfast or supper we have them with sausage gravy, any time of the day its just fabulous.🥰🥰
American biscuit. Is the center for which the american meal was built around. Either biscuit or a pone of corn bread. One or the other for the American South. Depends on what you were making. So, biscuits with fried chicken and chicken white gravy was common. Salmon patty would have salmon white gravy. Bacon and eggs you would have bacon white gravy. 😊. You don't have eat gravy at all. Put jam, honey, or just butter. Biscuits are breakfast, lunch or supper. It was the cooked bread when people used to cook 3 meals a day at home.
It the states, we have many different types of gravy. We have the brown gravy you guys are used to eating. We also have sausage gravy like you made, although I let my roux(the meat, grease and flour) get a little darker before adding the milk, so it ends up a little darker than yours. We have redeye gravy, which is made with ham or bacon and coffee. We have white gravy(think the gravy you made, minus the sausage, just use butter for the roux) that we pour over chicken fried steaks. We have turkey gravy, that we use at Thanksgiving. You guys did a good job for first timers. I usually crumble up my biscuits, then pour the gravy over it(mine is thinner than what you had). Then I have one biscuit that I split open and fill with strawberry jam. I only have this once per week, as my cheat meal. The rest of the week I have granola, plain Greek yogurt and wild blueberries, as my breakfast.
Charlie you once again knocked it out of the park. You can fold in some cinnamon sugar. Simple amazing. If the Popeyes there made their biscuits the same way you did; their business would triple.
Great job on the biscuits! Some like them with a little bit of sugar added; some don't - I personally add just a touch of sugar to them especially if I use buttermilk to make them. Gravy was a good first try - maybe thin it out a bit more with more milk. I also add a touch of sage to the gravy even though the sausage should have it in there as well. Grow up Tissue Boy! - gravy is banging! Cheers from East Tennessee!
Mississippi here. Biscuits are great for any meal. But there’s just something warm and wonderful about biscuits and gravy in the morning. It feels like love. I know people who have biscuits for every meal. Warm biscuits with butter in the middle, can’t be beat. A lot of people eat them with maple syrup, preserves/jam, honey and the like. You can just use it like a piece of bread with your meal and use it to sop up the juices from the meat or vegetables or gravy. Use your own judgment and eat biscuits anytime you feel like making them. I imagine they would be fabulous for tea. By the way, I don’t put sugar in my biscuits.
It is called gravy, because it is the inclusion of the drippings from cooking the meat that makes it gravy, not the thickening agent. Gravy is just a thickened sauce that uses drippings, period. White gravy uses milk and not water to make the roux, and so the color is not brown (Add that the sausage drippings are not particularly dark either, so it would be an odd color anyway).
Absolutely the best first attempt at B&G I’ve ever seen, you nailed it and as you know now more milk and maybe cook the biscuits 2 minutes less they looked a little too dark. Great video guys
You did a fantastic job making biscuits! If that was your first time, I’m very impressed! A few hints: you don’t have to mix the dough well. The less you mess with it, the more tender the biscuit, so when the dough juuuuust starts coming together, go ahead and dump it out of the bowl and shape it into your rectangle and go from there. And you can line the biscuits up on your baking tray with their edges touching each other. This keeps the inner sides nice and moist and forced the biscuits to raise up higher.
We usually split the bischuit in half . Top and bottom and pour the gravy on top. And it’s breakfast lunch or dinner . Try eating the biscuits with honey and butter without gravy with fried chicken too We eat biscuits with butter and jam
you could definitely have a full episode with biscuits. I love them with strawberry jam, sausage gravy, or as a breakfast sandwhich. A fried chicken patty and cheese is delish and so is bacon/sausage, cheese, and an over easy egg. Yum
@@kristophergoordman7225 I use a ton of sausage, but all my recipes are from my head. I don’t use cook books. Been cooking that way forever. (Pre UA-cam) ya know?
@@littleqwerty Hey Val, I don’t know if you’ve seen this, but Knorr makes powdered bouillon that has no salt. So you can add as much as you want to whatever meat dish without overdoing it. I use it all the time. I add it to my individual bowls of stew.
From a southern woman (we take great pride in our biscuits) you have earned your southern card. Perfect!! No over working the dough, no twist on the cut for the layers to rise, grated cold butter. MMM MMM. The gravy, looked on point. PS. Popeyes has the worst biscuits ever. Hockey pucks.
You can do lots of things with biscuits: breakfast sandwiches, honey and jam, gravy, chili (though cornbread is more traditional), slider sandwiches, creamed or chipped beef, anything you can do with toast or a bread base. Biscuits with a steak, egg, and hashbrown breakfast are lovely.
The only thing I would change is some Sage & thin out the gravy a bit. When making the gravy I make it a little runny because keep in mind you're having it over biscuits and the biscuits absorb the gravy. If the gravy's too thick its going to be too dry. Otherwise, well done!!! BTW it is commonly eaten for breakfast, but you can also have it as a dinner option and pour it over fried chicken breast, chicken fried steak or even pork chops! Delicious!!!
As a substitute for a rolling pin, you can use a wine bottle, beer bottle, almost anything you can roll back and forth, jus dust it with a little flour. And yes, they can get better. The rolling action will make them lighter and fluffier. Butter isn't needed to brown the biscuits if cooked on the right rack in the oven.
When Ben Franklin first arrived in America, (or as he called it the colonies)he survived his first few months on 2 biscuits a day. At least that's what his biography claims. He was very very poor.❤
It's called sausage gravy because its made with the fat from cooking the sausage, the same way other gravies are made with pan drippings. It's basically a bechamel made with sausage fat instead of butter. Also, Popeyes in the US has decent biscuits, I've heard they aren't as good at their locations outside the US. Biscuits and gravy started as a filling and inexpensive breakfast for farmers. Sausage was traditionally made from scraps or meat after animals were butchered. Everything else is just made from flour, butter, and milk/cream which are all readily available on the farm.
Some of the best biscuits I’ve ever seen a Brit make on UA-cam or anywhere else. You guys picked the right dude to cook for the group. Great job! Thick, thin, gravy is heavenly, but you really need to get the biscuits right. You did.
Keep in mind that sausage in the UK is seasoned differently than in the US sooo it gives the gravy a whole different flavor profile, I suggest looking up a recipe, buying plain minced sausage and seasoning it yourself to get an authentic experience, either way good job, the recipe looks like it was followed perfectly and im sure they were still very good. Make sure to try your next biscuits with a few different things like honey, jam && butter, can also make breakfast sandwiches out of them, split one in half and put in bacon egg and cheese, or whatever breakfast meat you like.
Butter and Jam is a great option with biscuits. Gravy is a sauce made from the drippings of meat, thus since this is made with the drippings of sausage, it is sausage gravy. If you make a plate with fried eggs (the important part is runny yolk) and mix that yolk in with the gravy, you will find a whole new dimension of goodness. After that, you will see clearly why it's a breakfast food...lol. Great video, thanks for sharing.
American Grandma here, you did a GREAT job on the biscuits!! And the gravy!! However, you nice Brits don't have the type of breakfast sausage we use over here. If you did, I can tell you would've made it perfectly.
Biscuits go with pretty much anything. You can do a warm biscuit with butter and honey or jam. You can also make a biscuit sandwich…. Split it open then add ham and some mustard or chicken and gravy or bacon egg and cheese… the list goes on and on 😅
Great job guys! It's hilarious that out of everything you guys have tried, Tissue Boy's favorite thing is biscuits which is basically just plain bread and butter HAHAHAAA
One of our local cafes has half order of biscuits and sausage gravy with fried eggs, and a country omelet with hashbrowns and sausage with sausage gravy, I add cheese. Heavenly
Biscuits with melted butter in it by pulled in half and put some grape, strawberry, apricot or any jelly or preserves is good. Great job on making it all. We eat biscuits and gravy and sausage gravy her in Texas. Yummmmm
Growing up poor it was rare for us to have sausage gravy, we usually had plain milk gravy, made with half evaporated milk, half water and a lot of black pepper. Sometimes there were days we didn't have money for milk so we had water gravy. Of course the first two were loads better than the last, but it was all hot food, it all filled our bellies and we were thankful we had any of it. We'd tear our biscuits into chunks into a bowl and spoon whatever gravy we were having gravy over them...soooo good.
Biscuits are an any meal of the day thing, and can be served just about any way you can imagine. I love them as breakfast sandwiches, with a sausage patty/ham slice/bacon, fried egg, and cheese slice. I also do butter, honey, and/or jam. With gravy is usually for breakfast. Also, that gravy is great on eggs, hash browns, etc too.
Charlie, A bit easier recipe for biscuits is 3 cups of either self rising flour or all purpose flour with 2 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 cup of butter, 1 ish cups of buttermilk, and do what you did, dust the top of the dough with flour so the cutter doesn't stick, bake at 415 degrees fahrenheit for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. But very good job, either way.
In the US, a thickened(usually) liquid that's poured over another food item is typically called gravy. Brown gravy, sawmill gravy, sausage gravy, red-eye gravy, mushroom gravy. You did a great job, these looked legit!
Hi from Texas 👋 good job on your cooking … southerners do not tend to put sugar in our biscuits, and we will eat them for any meal. As for the thickness of the gravy, country gravy made with flour will always thicken up as it cools, probably why it was so thick by the time you served it. My tip is always leave it just a bit thinner than you want so that by the time you serve it will be the right consistency - unless you’re serving it immediately. Biscuits can be eaten in a thousand ways, one of my favs is with jelly and fried chicken for breakfast. I know, sounds weird, but the sweet and savory are fantastic. As for the gravy, when we make it without sausage, we tend to use bacon grease for the base flavoring. Try it sometime 👍
I want to start by saying amazing job on both the biscuits and gravy. There are some Americans who can't matter a flaky biscuit so be proud! Biscuits can be eaten with just about anything. Plain, with butter, with honey, with jam or other similar things. They are also amazing to make breakfast sandwiches. Put on egg, cheese and your choice of meat (bacon, ham, sausage, ect). Biscuits are also really good to turn into a fried chicken or fried pork sandwich). The creativity is really only limited by your imagination and what you're willing to try.
When I was younger, I would go out drinking and dancing and afterwards we would go to eat and have biscuits and gravy with coffee around 2:30 in the morning 😊
Kudos!!!! Another tip from Tennessee for your gravy is to use the grease from cooking the sausage as your base. Just add flower and butter whatever pepper you like.
Not to double-comment, but those biscuits came out just perfect! Flaky, fluffy, and just a LITTLE burnt on the outside to make sure you get enough flavor. Absolutely great work for someone not from the area!
I eat mine like this: 1.Biscuits and gravy(the sausage white gravy) 2. Biscuits, sausage (patty) with honey or grape jelly( American jelly)... I have watched alot of overseers and I know y'all jelly is our jello, but these are a comparison we have jelly (baby bear... The juice from the fruit) jam(Moma bear... The fruit cooked down and blended smooth) and preservative (papa bear... Fruit cooked down and blended but still has chunks) I hope that helps. 3. Biscuits on top of chicken pot pie 4. Biscuits and butter 5. Chicken and biscuit @20:29
Biscuits and gravy was invented by the American pioneer's. It's typically eaten as a hearty breakfast. As an American I can say that I love going to my local diner and ordering biscuits and gravy.
Biscuits and gravy is one of my favorites. Imagine that sausage you have there though is a bit different than the type of sausage we use. You can use bacon too. Another thing you can do is take the biscuits, split them open, put a breakfast sausage patty on top, then some scrambled eggs, potatoes, the gravy, then put some cheddar on top of it all. You can get basically the same at diners all over here. Sometimes some onions and peppers mixed in too. Biscuits and gravy is a breakfast food but we eat it any time of the day. Biscuits are good with jam, or honey. Honey butter. We use the biscuits for sandwiches too with sausage, bacon, or chicken. Or just egg in there whatever.
I always split my biscuits and pour gravy (thinner or runnier) over the inside side of the biscuits so that the biscuit halves soak up some of the gravy, it’s designed to be breakfast but now it’s a welcome sight for dinner or anytime of day, even considered a treat or special meal because of the comfort level of the meal, not many know how to make it these days.
Oh Fk yaaaa!!! 🤟🇺🇸😎 looks yummo!!! And it’s cheap to make. I like my gravy to be peppery. You can have the those biscuits with almost anything. By themselves with some butter and jam. Biscuits and gravy are good anytime even for dinner. Freeze the extra biscuits and they stay a long time
If you are a fan of the sausage in the gravy, you can make white pepper gravy, which is similar, but without the meat. Stores in the US sell packets of white pepper gravy at the store, and one of the more popular brands is called Pioneer.
OMG! What can't you eat biscuits with? Jellies, Jams, Cream Cheese, Butter, Honey, Peanut Butter, breakfast biscuits with sausage, egg, cheese or bacon, egg, cheese, scrapple & egg sandwiches (my favorite) the possibilities are endless! Breakfast, lunch, dinner...anytime!
Ham, steak, fried chicken, pork ECT.
Because those food ideas don't bring clicks!
Omgosh, Scrapple and Egg Biscuit sandwich. So good.
The ratio is better when you split the biscuit horizontally before pouring the gravy. Your buscuits are lovely!
fresh biscuits with strawberry jam is unbeatable
Like I always do, I'm gonna keep it 100 with youse gents, because I want you to experience the best, most authentic American food as possible. Now... I have watched a lot of videos of UKers or Aussies or some folks or another try to make biscuits and gravy. Of all them, Charlie, you did the absolute best technical job. Hands down. Biscuits and gravy. Friggin impressive, not a flaw in sight. The ONLY note on the entire enterprise I have is ya gotta give that gravy a nice whack of sage. You fellas are turning into true food Magellans, full kudos.
I agree mokumboi! The closest I've seen and I've watched alot of these. The only thing I would change is some Sage & thin out the gravy a bit. When making the gravy I make it a little runny because keep in mind you're having it over biscuits and the biscuits absorb the gravy. It the gravy's too thick its going to be too dry. Otherwise, he did a great job! Made it just the way I do!!!
Open the biscuit before you put on the gravy!
I would have just opened a can of Pillsbury grands, great job. I’m too lazy to make biscuits from scratch. Then again I can’t buy Yorkshire pudding in the shop so I have to make them from scratch. The gravy needs a lot of black pepper.
I'd only add sage if the sausage doesn't have sage in it. Otherwise just season the sausage with the sage.
I am from Tennessee. Never had gravy with sage in it. Just the roux and black pepper. Always bringing the bs critiques even though the job is already done better than you probably could do it.
Biscuits with butter...with honey...with jam...with apple butter
Omg, apple butter is *SO* good!
I absolutely agree
@@angelagraves865 I really love fried biscuits and apple butter!!
I just bought some apple butter, and I had forgot how amazing it was from my childhood.
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Biscuits are a staple and can be eaten with every meal. Started as frontier survival food and got us through hard times, like the Great Depression. A couple few generations of grandmothers cooking this dish with lots of love made it world class comfort food.
"Started as frontier survival food"...this right here^^^...lmao, did you just make that up? that ain't even remotely true!!!
@@JuneBaby01No it's 100% true. American biscuits were initially made by pioneers in the West as a way to get as much as possible out of their supplies.
Split the biscuit and pour the gravy over the top---that's how it's usually eaten in the US of A. If the gravy is more on the thin side, the biscuit will sop up some of moisture. Delish!
Yeah, break it half or crumble it up then put the gravy. You don't have to use sausage, you can use fried chicken grease, or any kind of grease. Momma's gravy was always whatever meat we had. I loved hamburger cubed steak with gravy.
@@StevenWebb-fk5zx, came here to say the same thing. It’s magical with just the grease from pan frying chicken and with the chicken along with it.
fried Country steak with milk gravy for example one my absolute favorite meals
I don't understand why tbe brits ALWAYS overlooked tbe point of splitting the biscuits!!! Nobody just pours gravy on a whole biscuit! 🙄🤣🤣
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You did a fantastic job on both the biscuits and the gravy. There are a few different recipes on biscuits. I am a former chef and chef instructor myself and my late wife was a pastry chef.
I make biscuits myself and really the only difference between what I do and what I saw you do is I don't use any sugar in my recipe. And instead of that much butter. I instead use half butter and half lard. But you did just fine following the recipe you had to work with. Also you really should have used more milk in your sausage gravy. You can even just add water after using some milk to thin it out a little more. But I'm really glad y'all enjoyed it. You can also eat biscuits with butter and honey or jam or jelly. Nobody here in the United States ever uses double cream though like you lot do on your scones. My late mother often made home made biscuits for me and my brothers for breakfast growing up. And she'd always make more than we could eat so after we left each morning for school. She'd put the extra biscuits in a linen lined basket with the edges folded over the top to cover the biscuits. So that they would be right there when we returned home from school and that's what we would have along with some butter and honey, jam or jelly. That would be our snack to keep us satisfied until she returned home from her job and made dinner for us. So biscuits hold a special place in my heart.
Biscuits and gravy is traditionally a breakfast meal. But can actually be eaten for any meal. And yes it was a dish born out of the necessity to feed a large family using very little ingredients that didn't cost much but still filled everyone's bellies so that they could work through the morning without being hungry. Now however it's just a very popular southern comfort food.
Yes, and it’s popular in the North, too!
Biscuits can be tricky. You did amazing! Those look great!
So proud of you Charlie! You did amazing for your first try. All for making Charlie an honorary southern boy. Happy Thanksgiving from East TN! 🧡🍽🦃
Make tissue boy some sawmill gravy (no sausage) and biscuits.
If he likes bacon, he could opt for Bacon Gravy which is just as good imo
@ I use bacon grease for my sausage gravy and sawmill gravy. Definitely adds so much more flavor. Not sure UK bacon is the same as ours though. 🤷🏻♀️ Happy Thanksgiving!
Yep!
This is the FIRST legit video like this I've ever watched. This is how I make my biscuits and gravy. Great job!!!! Those biscuits are also great split in half then slathered in butter and any kind of jam or honey.
What impressed me about this is he nailed the recipe and technique for it being his first attempt at American Biscuits with Sausage Gravy. In terms of consistency, I tend to like mine thick but not too thick so his thickness would be okay for me.
You did great, Charlie! Happy Thanksgiving
Thankyou Jen 😁🙏 hope you had an amazing day!
I feel like biscuits and gravy are comparable to your beans on toast. When everyone was suffering through the great depression, they found inexpensive and filling food. We just did it different 😂
they honestly arent. beans on toast is just carbs on carbs. biscuits and gravy is fats and protein, slathered on top of carbs. culinarily it makes zero sense to put carbs on carbs. like making a spaghetti sandwich, crouton tacos, potatos on bread. its absurd tbh lol.
@@nullakjg767 Many don’t agree. Baked beans and cornbread, red beans and rice, Latin American rice and beans, etc. Virtually every culture has a famous dish that includes some combination of legumes and grains, which can be major sources of protein, not just carbs.
Dear Tissue Boy , try your biscuit with Honey and a fried chicken finger . A breaded fried pork chop or breaded steak . Change up the gravy , it all works with a biscuit . Bake the biscuit on top of a stew . SO many ways to incorporate Biscuits into every meal . "It's a Southern Thang"
Add a couple of over easy eggs on the breakfast plate and you have heaven. The runny yokes mixes very well with the biscuits and gravy. Biscuits with a slab of butter on them can go with any meal.
I've traveled extensively in the U.S. Biscuits/gravy is a favorite. My hot restaurant tips: Always open the biscuit to two halves - more surface for gravy. Always order gravy on the side, you'll get more gravy, if it needs more salt or pepper you have that opportunity. If it's too salty, return it and order something else. Reserve one biscuit and ask for honey (meal and dessert). Once in a while, I'll get served a sweet sausage gravy - this is also unacceptable. Rarely have I been served a gravy that thick as yours, but I have been served too runny of a gravy several times - just makes the biscuits too wet. Kudos to you for making homemade biscuits and gravy from scratch. I'm impressed.
Good Job. I make my biscuits from scratch, no sugar and you should try Not to Over Manipulate the dough while kneading., it will melt the butter too soon. You want that to happen during the baking process. Also always remember to keep your board/table tops floured while folding over the dough. Don't press too hard. The flour will cling to the bits of butter and make it that much more flaky!
Last tip, your gravy was a bit too thick and gloomy. Use more milk or water until it's just thick enough but not runny. I think that the sausage we have here in the US is different from that of the UK. I've had both and the US sausage has more spice in it, but possibly more additives that makes it spicier, Unfortunately!
Anyway, if you enjoyed that combination, keep trying. Eventually, you'll get the rhythm and 'muscle memory' from the practice and you'll be a Pro!
I've also found that Brits really like pepper but in the US we don't overdo it with black pepper so much. We rely on other peppers and additional spices like onion, garlic and fresh/dried herbs in the gravy!
Good Luck and Good Video.
Southern food was made simply but tasty and out of necessity to feed a hungry family with not a lot of $$. Necessity being the father of invention!
Definitely looks like you found a good recipe with techniques for the biscuits (grating the butter for instance). You've now experienced the greatness of our biscuits. Popeye's biscuits are good when fresh, so you definitely had a bad experience there. The sweetness is probably from that touch of sugar you put in. The recipe I use, doesn't use sugar, but I imagine some do. They're so easy to make, which just adds to how good they are. Like you said, you can put honey on them, you can use them as a sandwich for fried chicken (tenders or something boneless) and you can use them for something sweet too (like you might for your scones with berries and cream).
I'm really impressed with the research and skill you guys put into the cooking. I've seen plenty of other YTbers who don't, and they make significant mistakes with ingredients, cooking or something else.
Don't sweat it Joe. I'm more of a bacon guy than a breakfast sausage guy. So, for me, the sausage gravy is a bit intense of a sausage flavor. I can see why people like it though.
You can have biscuits and gravy at any time, but yes, it's something some will eat for breakfast. It's a hearty comfort food for many. Something you might really enjoy on a cold day.
When I was a kid, there was a time I woke up in the middle of the night (heard a sound on the roof) and walked down to where the tree was. I vaguely remember seeing what I thought was Santa, and that's it. I remember nothing else that happened after that moment. Just the next morning. No idea what was really going on, and I don't believe in Santa as a reality, but it's kind of fun to use that memory to pretend a little.
To really answer the question, I guess I would probably just confront them asking what they're doin and to get out. After that it'd just depend on their reaction.
Great video guys.
Those biscuits would make any US granny proud!!! So happy you got to try this American classic and you liked it. Now you understand how different UK scones are from US biscuits. They really are nothing like each other. You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned you thought this meal originated during "hard times" as that is 100% accurate! We also make this gravy using chipped beef instead of pork sausage and serve it on buttered toast. We call that "sh*t on a shingle" or SOS. We also make the gravy using ground beef, or mince as you call it, and serve it either on buttered toast or mashed potatoes. Once you have the basic "gravy" down, you can add whatever meat you have and adapt it into a meal by adding in whatever carb is on hand! AMAZING JOB!!
Biscuits also taste great with KARO syrup (clear syrup) stirred together with slightly melted butter
Fried chicken with biscuits and gravy is a Southern treat.
You forgot to mention to leave out the sausage when making gravy for the chicken. Or else that will just confuse them.
Biscuits, fried chicken & jelly for breakfast 😘
Yes for a fact it's breakfast in America but you can eat it anytime you can Add all kinds of stuff to it .
Sunnyside up eggs biscuit sausage gravy are banging.
Make biscuits sausage and gravy casserole , add cheese if you wanna.
Biscuits and sausage gravy pizza.
It's good with eggs ,potatoes, waffles ,pancakes , honey,fried chicken,fruit. BBQ.
It comes from the southern states in America
get it into ya
Cheers
The reason why these are called biscuits in the first place is because they're the modern interpretation of the original ships biscuits that the Colonists came to the Americas with. They were hardtack biscuits that served to keep people alive on the long ships voyage. They were generally soaked in some sort of liquid or gravy before eating while on the ship. Once the colonists got to dry land they didn't need to make them as desiccated hockey pucks anymore because they could make them fresh daily rather than having to store them for months in barrels on long voyages. So they started making them lighter and fluffier and using fresh ingredients like butter and buttermilk. They were never sweet until Victorian times when some sweet biscuits are used for things like strawberry shortcakes. Today's Buttermilk Biscuits fall into the general category of butter enriched quick breads, as opposed to yeast risen or flat breads. If you had used yeast dough it would have been a croissant
I really appreciate the commitment y’all put into the food you’re trying. Killin it fam!! Thanks for the constant content. Happy holidays to all ❤
Y'all I'm an old Southern American woman & You made me proud! I make my crew what we call a tornado. In a take away cup (16 or 20 oz) layer torn biscuit & sausage gravy top with scrambled eggs & a layer of cheese on top. Pop a lid on it & you have a great breakfast on the go! YUM!
We also do sausage biscuits, which are little sandwiches of a sausage patty in a split biscuit. Try splitting the biscuit why it's hot and letting a pat of butter melt inside it, then adding a spoonful of jam.
Great job on the Biscuits! I make my Gravy a little more runny and use either a Sage Sausage or a Spicy Sausage(or a mix of both) and add a dash of Tobasco Hot Sauce on top.
Great job on the biscuits!
Excellent job Charlie! Those looked amazing! You are so correct .. I feel everyone that makes the gravy likes it ... a different thickness! Far as Santa goes .. I would probably just faint .. and hope that when I woke up .. he left me a gift!
Hahahhahaa 🤣🤣🤣 fainting would definitely be on the cards for sure 🤣
And thankyou so much, glad you enjoyed 😁🙏
Thanks!
❤️❤️❤️❤️ thankyou 🤠🙌🙌🙌 super kind and much appreciated 😁 glad you enjoyed the episode 😊
You guys crack me up. Enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work. For the one who doesn't like sausage, you can make the gravy without it. It's good too. 🤩
Biscuits looked perfect! When trying them with condiments, grab a biscuit, pull it apart so you have 2 halves, spread butter on it and then add honey, or jam or.... Bicuits and gravy are typically eaten for breakfast but my be eaten anytime. Stick to the ribs food. Also, gravy is made with breakfast sausage which is spiced with sage and other spices vs a dinner sausage which doesn't usually have sage for spice in it, such as kielbasa.
The backseat passenger is hilarious. You guys remind me of the triplets that are on TikTok named Matt, Chris,and Nick. They interact like you guys.
Thank you, Tanzan!! Welcome to the channel. I've not heard of them, I'll check them out, lol! 🙌
Missed the premier. Looks great Charlie! I've always had biscuits and gravies with other breakfast items, not as a meal in itself. Picture biscuits as the bread for your full English breakfast. 🤝
Just woke up to this 🤠🙌🙏 what a legend... You're too kind 😁 thank you from all of us 🙌 yeh that makes sense too, we definitely need to do another episode with all the other suggestions to go with biscuits for sure 😀
My favorite thing on a biscuit is butter and a berry jam or preserves, but really any jam. Also honey is top tier, especially spicy honey (with fried chicken too). But during Thanksgiving, dipping your biscuits in turkey gravy (or any meat gravy, they're also perfect dipped into a meaty stew). Also used for the bread part in a breakfast sandwich-- cheese, bacon or sausage and egg however you like it, I prefer with a runny yolk which acts as a sauce. Try them with all sorts of things, my friends.
From the look of them biscuits, I dont think you could have done it remotely better honestly. For a first try, thats actually impressive as hell.
do you guys understand now though why we get upset when people that have never had them say they are scones?
Also, biscuits, honey and butter is mind blowingly good guys. Gonna love it when you try it.
With all honesty. They're way better than scones. We give you that, hands down 🙌 thanks for 👀
I have to say that you guys are so chaotic in the best way possible 😂😂!! I'm loving it!!❤❤❤
Lort, he did an incredible job throwing this one together. Biscuits work well with everything. Can go savory or sweet. Put any meat on them, put any jam or jelly. Put some sugar and cinnamon. A pork cutlet and mustard. Can even make a little breakfast hamburger pickle and all. Love me some biscuits and gravy. Often have it for dinner. We call it, "breakfast dinner". lol
Great job! The kep to amazing fluffy biscuits is not overworking them. Do not kneed the dough. And even a little tip, I always use Cream of Tartar to make them extra fluffy and tender
Biscuits & gravy is the flavor equivalent of a hug from grandma. I'd try the ones you made with zero hesitation.
Charlie!! Your biscuits looked perfect! 😋I myself am revolted by dairy, so I make my gravy with chicken or beef stock, sometimes with a little beer in it. It's SO good. I go on biscuit kicks sometimes because I like to use buttermilk in them (when the dairy is mixed in and baked it's okay😉), and buttermilk comes in quarts (it's hard to find it in pints) so that's a few batches of biscuits worth. If they're cold, I like to cut them in half and put butter on them, then put them in the toaster oven. They get soft again and the edges get a little crispy with the butter 🙌🏽 Then jam, honey, ham and cheese, whatever sounds good. Or have them on the side with some soup or something. Red Lobster puts grated cheese, garlic, and herbs in their biscuit dough so it's all baked in, and they're to f**king die for.
Happy Thanksgiving, guys!! 🧡💛🤎🦃🥂
I so love watching videos of Brits trying American biscuits and gravy, I so love watching you guys getting your mind blown away, creamed chipped beef is another good meal
Lol! They truly were mind-blowing them biscuits! Hope you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!
I didn't see your salt and pepper in your gravy! Glad you clarified in the car!!! 😅😅😅
I love biscuits in the mornin with butter and jam or eggs and a cup of coffee. I make a batch of biscuits and have one every morning and when I have had the last one I bake another batch. For breakfast or supper we have them with sausage gravy, any time of the day its just fabulous.🥰🥰
looks good guys , imagen having this for breakfast on a cold winters day
Excellent job man that looks bangin!!! Happy Thanksgiving fellas im headed to dinner now haha
Biscuits and gravy my favorite
American biscuit. Is the center for which the american meal was built around. Either biscuit or a pone of corn bread. One or the other for the American South. Depends on what you were making. So, biscuits with fried chicken and chicken white gravy was common. Salmon patty would have salmon white gravy. Bacon and eggs you would have bacon white gravy. 😊. You don't have eat gravy at all. Put jam, honey, or just butter. Biscuits are breakfast, lunch or supper. It was the cooked bread when people used to cook 3 meals a day at home.
Biscuits with jam. Bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit sandwiches.
It the states, we have many different types of gravy. We have the brown gravy you guys are used to eating. We also have sausage gravy like you made, although I let my roux(the meat, grease and flour) get a little darker before adding the milk, so it ends up a little darker than yours. We have redeye gravy, which is made with ham or bacon and coffee. We have white gravy(think the gravy you made, minus the sausage, just use butter for the roux) that we pour over chicken fried steaks. We have turkey gravy, that we use at Thanksgiving.
You guys did a good job for first timers. I usually crumble up my biscuits, then pour the gravy over it(mine is thinner than what you had). Then I have one biscuit that I split open and fill with strawberry jam. I only have this once per week, as my cheat meal. The rest of the week I have granola, plain Greek yogurt and wild blueberries, as my breakfast.
And just so you know, biscuits and sausage gravy can be eaten at any time of the day
Charlie you once again knocked it out of the park. You can fold in some cinnamon sugar. Simple amazing. If the Popeyes there made their biscuits the same way you did; their business would triple.
Great job on the biscuits! Some like them with a little bit of sugar added; some don't - I personally add just a touch of sugar to them especially if I use buttermilk to make them. Gravy was a good first try - maybe thin it out a bit more with more milk. I also add a touch of sage to the gravy even though the sausage should have it in there as well. Grow up Tissue Boy! - gravy is banging! Cheers from East Tennessee!
Mississippi here. Biscuits are great for any meal. But there’s just something warm and wonderful about biscuits and gravy in the morning. It feels like love. I know people who have biscuits for every meal. Warm biscuits with butter in the middle, can’t be beat. A lot of people eat them with maple syrup, preserves/jam, honey and the like. You can just use it like a piece of bread with your meal and use it to sop up the juices from the meat or vegetables or gravy. Use your own judgment and eat biscuits anytime you feel like making them. I imagine they would be fabulous for tea. By the way, I don’t put sugar in my biscuits.
It is called gravy, because it is the inclusion of the drippings from cooking the meat that makes it gravy, not the thickening agent. Gravy is just a thickened sauce that uses drippings, period. White gravy uses milk and not water to make the roux, and so the color is not brown (Add that the sausage drippings are not particularly dark either, so it would be an odd color anyway).
Absolutely the best first attempt at B&G I’ve ever seen, you nailed it and as you know now more milk and maybe cook the biscuits 2 minutes less they looked a little too dark. Great video guys
You did a fantastic job making biscuits! If that was your first time, I’m very impressed!
A few hints: you don’t have to mix the dough well. The less you mess with it, the more tender the biscuit, so when the dough juuuuust starts coming together, go ahead and dump it out of the bowl and shape it into your rectangle and go from there.
And you can line the biscuits up on your baking tray with their edges touching each other. This keeps the inner sides nice and moist and forced the biscuits to raise up higher.
Saying you don’t need the gravy is like saying you don’t need the bean for beans and toast 😂
We do eat biscuits without gravy. You could try them with butter and jam. Or butter and honey.
We usually split the bischuit in half . Top and bottom and pour the gravy on top. And it’s breakfast lunch or dinner .
Try eating the biscuits with honey and butter without gravy with fried chicken too
We eat biscuits with butter and jam
you could definitely have a full episode with biscuits. I love them with strawberry jam, sausage gravy, or as a breakfast sandwhich. A fried chicken patty and cheese is delish and so is bacon/sausage, cheese, and an over easy egg. Yum
Oh this better be good! Also a favorite of mine! I use chicken flavoring in my gravy though, I don’t do traditional
What are you saying, you don’t use sausage at all or you just add chicken flavor?
@@kristophergoordman7225 I use a ton of sausage, but all my recipes are from my head. I don’t use cook books. Been cooking that way forever. (Pre UA-cam) ya know?
I have been tempted to add this and that to my sausage gravy, but I always stop myself...traditional all the way!
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Hey Val, I don’t know if you’ve seen this, but Knorr makes powdered bouillon that has no salt. So you can add as much as you want to whatever meat dish without overdoing it. I use it all the time. I add it to my individual bowls of stew.
First time seeing you, now I'm a subscriber with the bell!
So glad to have you on board 🤠🙌🙌😁
From a southern woman (we take great pride in our biscuits) you have earned your southern card. Perfect!! No over working the dough, no twist on the cut for the layers to rise, grated cold butter. MMM MMM. The gravy, looked on point. PS. Popeyes has the worst biscuits ever. Hockey pucks.
🤠🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏Thankyou ❤️
No better compliment than that really is there 😁 glad you enjoyed the episode! Let's gooooo
Soooo dry. Love Popeye's chicken, skip their biscuits.
You can do lots of things with biscuits: breakfast sandwiches, honey and jam, gravy, chili (though cornbread is more traditional), slider sandwiches, creamed or chipped beef, anything you can do with toast or a bread base. Biscuits with a steak, egg, and hashbrown breakfast are lovely.
You can eat biscuits and gravy anytime. We don't limit ourselves to a time frame. We eat what we want when we want
It’s so great that one of you isn’t afraid of the kitchen and has been making all the stuff you’ve been making
The only thing I would change is some Sage & thin out the gravy a bit. When making the gravy I make it a little runny because keep in mind you're having it over biscuits and the biscuits absorb the gravy. If the gravy's too thick its going to be too dry. Otherwise, well done!!! BTW it is commonly eaten for breakfast, but you can also have it as a dinner option and pour it over fried chicken breast, chicken fried steak or even pork chops! Delicious!!!
As a substitute for a rolling pin, you can use a wine bottle, beer bottle, almost anything you can roll back and forth, jus dust it with a little flour. And yes, they can get better. The rolling action will make them lighter and fluffier. Butter isn't needed to brown the biscuits if cooked on the right rack in the oven.
Just make sure you wash off the wine bottle after you pull it from your orifice
When Ben Franklin first arrived in America, (or as he called it the colonies)he survived his first few months on 2 biscuits a day. At least that's what his biography claims. He was very very poor.❤
It's called sausage gravy because its made with the fat from cooking the sausage, the same way other gravies are made with pan drippings. It's basically a bechamel made with sausage fat instead of butter. Also, Popeyes in the US has decent biscuits, I've heard they aren't as good at their locations outside the US.
Biscuits and gravy started as a filling and inexpensive breakfast for farmers. Sausage was traditionally made from scraps or meat after animals were butchered. Everything else is just made from flour, butter, and milk/cream which are all readily available on the farm.
Some of the best biscuits I’ve ever seen a Brit make on UA-cam or anywhere else. You guys picked the right dude to cook for the group. Great job! Thick, thin, gravy is heavenly, but you really need to get the biscuits right. You did.
Keep in mind that sausage in the UK is seasoned differently than in the US sooo it gives the gravy a whole different flavor profile, I suggest looking up a recipe, buying plain minced sausage and seasoning it yourself to get an authentic experience, either way good job, the recipe looks like it was followed perfectly and im sure they were still very good.
Make sure to try your next biscuits with a few different things like honey, jam && butter, can also make breakfast sandwiches out of them, split one in half and put in bacon egg and cheese, or whatever breakfast meat you like.
Butter and Jam is a great option with biscuits. Gravy is a sauce made from the drippings of meat, thus since this is made with the drippings of sausage, it is sausage gravy. If you make a plate with fried eggs (the important part is runny yolk) and mix that yolk in with the gravy, you will find a whole new dimension of goodness. After that, you will see clearly why it's a breakfast food...lol. Great video, thanks for sharing.
American Grandma here, you did a GREAT job on the biscuits!! And the gravy!!
However, you nice Brits don't have the type of breakfast sausage we use over here. If you did, I can tell you would've made it perfectly.
Biscuits go with pretty much anything. You can do a warm biscuit with butter and honey or jam. You can also make a biscuit sandwich…. Split it open then add ham and some mustard or chicken and gravy or bacon egg and cheese… the list goes on and on 😅
Great job guys! It's hilarious that out of everything you guys have tried, Tissue Boy's favorite thing is biscuits which is basically just plain bread and butter HAHAHAAA
I had to subscribe after seeing this. Happy Thanksgiving Brits!
This is the 1st video I've seen. Chaotic, but fun. Biscuits and gravy are mostly served for breakfast, but good anytime. Glad you enjoyed.
One of our local cafes has half order of biscuits and sausage gravy with fried eggs, and a country omelet with hashbrowns and sausage with sausage gravy, I add cheese. Heavenly
Biscuits with melted butter in it by pulled in half and put some grape, strawberry, apricot or any jelly or preserves is good. Great job on making it all. We eat biscuits and gravy and sausage gravy her in Texas. Yummmmm
Growing up poor it was rare for us to have sausage gravy, we usually had plain milk gravy, made with half evaporated milk, half water and a lot of black pepper. Sometimes there were days we didn't have money for milk so we had water gravy. Of course the first two were loads better than the last, but it was all hot food, it all filled our bellies and we were thankful we had any of it. We'd tear our biscuits into chunks into a bowl and spoon whatever gravy we were having gravy over them...soooo good.
Biscuits are an any meal of the day thing, and can be served just about any way you can imagine. I love them as breakfast sandwiches, with a sausage patty/ham slice/bacon, fried egg, and cheese slice. I also do butter, honey, and/or jam. With gravy is usually for breakfast. Also, that gravy is great on eggs, hash browns, etc too.
Charlie,
A bit easier recipe for biscuits is 3 cups of either self rising flour or all purpose flour with 2 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 cup of butter, 1 ish cups of buttermilk, and do what you did, dust the top of the dough with flour so the cutter doesn't stick, bake at 415 degrees fahrenheit for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. But very good job, either way.
In the US, a thickened(usually) liquid that's poured over another food item is typically called gravy. Brown gravy, sawmill gravy, sausage gravy, red-eye gravy, mushroom gravy. You did a great job, these looked legit!
I'm so impressed with your biscuits you took no short cuts excellent job! I'm so glad y'all didn't let that Popeyes week old biscuit ruin it for you
Hi from Texas 👋 good job on your cooking … southerners do not tend to put sugar in our biscuits, and we will eat them for any meal. As for the thickness of the gravy, country gravy made with flour will always thicken up as it cools, probably why it was so thick by the time you served it. My tip is always leave it just a bit thinner than you want so that by the time you serve it will be the right consistency - unless you’re serving it immediately. Biscuits can be eaten in a thousand ways, one of my favs is with jelly and fried chicken for breakfast. I know, sounds weird, but the sweet and savory are fantastic. As for the gravy, when we make it without sausage, we tend to use bacon grease for the base flavoring. Try it sometime 👍
Those biscuits and gravy looked like how I make mine! Warm biscuits. Yum! You did a great job!😊
Biscuits and gravy feels like it should be a British comfort food tbh. Cheap and filling, easy to make, lots of salt and butter, etc.
I want to start by saying amazing job on both the biscuits and gravy. There are some Americans who can't matter a flaky biscuit so be proud!
Biscuits can be eaten with just about anything. Plain, with butter, with honey, with jam or other similar things. They are also amazing to make breakfast sandwiches. Put on egg, cheese and your choice of meat (bacon, ham, sausage, ect). Biscuits are also really good to turn into a fried chicken or fried pork sandwich). The creativity is really only limited by your imagination and what you're willing to try.
When I was younger, I would go out drinking and dancing and afterwards we would go to eat and have biscuits and gravy with coffee around 2:30 in the morning 😊
You need to open them up so you have 2 sides then put the gravy on it, honey, butter, jam. Yum!
Kudos!!!! Another tip from Tennessee for your gravy is to use the grease from cooking the sausage as your base. Just add flower and butter whatever pepper you like.
Not to double-comment, but those biscuits came out just perfect! Flaky, fluffy, and just a LITTLE burnt on the outside to make sure you get enough flavor. Absolutely great work for someone not from the area!
I eat mine like this:
1.Biscuits and gravy(the sausage white gravy)
2. Biscuits, sausage (patty) with honey or grape jelly( American jelly)... I have watched alot of overseers and I know y'all jelly is our jello, but these are a comparison we have jelly (baby bear... The juice from the fruit) jam(Moma bear... The fruit cooked down and blended smooth) and preservative (papa bear... Fruit cooked down and blended but still has chunks) I hope that helps.
3. Biscuits on top of chicken pot pie
4. Biscuits and butter
5. Chicken and biscuit @20:29
Very impressed! Those biscuits and gravy were legit.
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Biscuits and gravy was invented by the American pioneer's. It's typically eaten as a hearty breakfast. As an American I can say that I love going to my local diner and ordering biscuits and gravy.
Butter inside the biscuits while they are still hot from the oven. Then strawberry jelly inside when ready to eat. It don't get no better!!
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Jam for the brits.
Biscuits and gravy is one of my favorites. Imagine that sausage you have there though is a bit different than the type of sausage we use. You can use bacon too. Another thing you can do is take the biscuits, split them open, put a breakfast sausage patty on top, then some scrambled eggs, potatoes, the gravy, then put some cheddar on top of it all. You can get basically the same at diners all over here. Sometimes some onions and peppers mixed in too. Biscuits and gravy is a breakfast food but we eat it any time of the day. Biscuits are good with jam, or honey. Honey butter. We use the biscuits for sandwiches too with sausage, bacon, or chicken. Or just egg in there whatever.
I could tell his biscuits were going to turn out good just by looking at the dough. I need the recipe he used. Great job.
“The Magic only works when No One is Looking”..😂 LMAO! In that case I’m Magic AF! 😂
And I was throughly impressed by Your biscuit making = A++ 😁
😂😂 thanks for watching, Bonnie!
I always split my biscuits and pour gravy (thinner or runnier) over the inside side of the biscuits so that the biscuit halves soak up some of the gravy, it’s designed to be breakfast but now it’s a welcome sight for dinner or anytime of day, even considered a treat or special meal because of the comfort level of the meal, not many know how to make it these days.
Oh Fk yaaaa!!! 🤟🇺🇸😎 looks yummo!!! And it’s cheap to make. I like my gravy to be peppery. You can have the those biscuits with almost anything. By themselves with some butter and jam. Biscuits and gravy are good anytime even for dinner. Freeze the extra biscuits and they stay a long time
If you are a fan of the sausage in the gravy, you can make white pepper gravy, which is similar, but without the meat. Stores in the US sell packets of white pepper gravy at the store, and one of the more popular brands is called Pioneer.