Catch the Spoon

My goodness! Too much cooking/blogging, too little time. No matter. I’ve been keeping track of new tasty treats in my handy dandy notebook, and I hope to spend the next week or two getting caught up on what I’ve missed. Alas, there are very few pictures involved, as I keep forgetting, but I’ll supplement with stock when I can. On to the food!

What do you do when you crave sausage gravy but have no sausage? Well, we made beef and biscuits.

Beef and Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
• 3 tablespoons minced onion
• salt and pepper to taste
• 3/4 cup flour
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 6-8 of your favorite biscuits

Cook the ground beef in a large pan over medium-high heat, breaking the meat up as it browns. When it’s still barely pink, add seasonings and cook 3 minutes longer. Remove beef from pan with a slotted spoon so that the fat remains in the pan. (You may need to supplement with butter or vegetable oil if your meat is lean.) Sprnkle the flour evenly over the fat in the pan and whisk to combine. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until flour no longer smells raw. Add milk, a little at a time, whisking to combine. Mixture will thicken quickly with the first few tablespoons of milk but will loosen as more milk is added. Return beef to the pan, reduce heat to low, and cook for 10-15 minutes, or until sauce has thickened slightly. Serve over biscuits.