Has anyone watched the series "Alaska, The Last Frontier"?
Add the flour to your frying pan..
Look at these ingredients just waiting
to become something amazing!
You'll patiently stir the flour until it becomes a
gorgeous brown color...
then throw in the butter...
You'll turn the heat down and stir until smooth...
Next pour in the beef broth...
Look how beautiful it has become!! :)
Next add the tomatoes...
Wow!
Tomato Gravy is served!
This is what it looks like over the biscuits...
This is what the plate looked like when he
was done enjoying breakfast!
Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
3 cups self-rising flour
1 stick butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup buttermilk
extra flour for rolling out the biscuits
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. I cook my biscuits in an iron skillet. I place a couple of TBSP of oil in the skillet and
set it in the oven to heat up while I get the biscuits ready.
Place flour in large bowl.
Grate 1 stick of butter into bowl next and
give it a few stirs to combine.
Next add the oil and buttermilk.
If it's a little dry, add some warm water.
You'll want to stir until the flour is all combined and a bit sticky. You'll turn the dough out onto a generously floured surface next.
I just pinch off enough to make a good
round biscuit and roll in a little flour.
Get the skillet out of the oven and add the biscuits
as you roll them, sides touching.
When the skillet is full, brush the tops with a little vegetable oil. Bake for about 20 -25 minutes until brown.
Ok, let's do this...:)
Grate the butter...
So pretty!
Add it to your bowl..
Add your flour next and stir a little to combine...
Add the buttermilk and the oil...
Stir until combined and sticky...
Turn out onto floured surface...
I usually roll mine as in the directions above,
but today I decided to cut them...
Like this...
Into squares...
Not sure why...
Some days it's just like that...
Remove the hot skillet from the oven...
Place the biscuits in the skillet and brush with some oil...
Bake 400 degrees about 20-25 minutes,
until they are golden brown.
Enjoy with that thick, rich tomato gravy!
It's about this family that have lived on this piece on land
in Alaska for a zillion years.
They are survivalists....
In the one episode I watched, it documented how
these people worked for 5 months during the year
JUST to prepare for the WINTER....
Yes, the WINTER was going to last for
7 of the months out of the year...
During
those 5 months, all they did was shore up their homes,
hunt daily for
food,
do anything they needed to do for their animals
to prepare them
for the winter
and can any vegetables they had managed to grow.
These people have NO running water...
they still have outhouses....
These people are married!
What??
One
of the young men and his wife go on a multiple
day-hunting trips just to
set snares for rabbits
because they had eaten all their meat they
had
stored up for the winter.
When
they got to a cabin in the area,
the
wife got on the roof and shoveled the massive
amounts of snow for an
hour or so....
MASSIVE AMOUNTS...
AN HOUR OR SO...
Then when they went out the next day to check the snares,
a bunny was in the first one and he was FROZEN SOLID!!
Maybe it's just the princess coming out, but
I
don't want to live anywhere that a bunny can freeze solid
just because
he isn't moving!
I just sit watching this show with my mouth open in amazement...
Don't they know there are other places to
live??
Geeze....
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Anyway, from my warm, cozy kitchen I am blessed
to be in this morning, I'm sharing my recipe for
Tomato Gravy and Homemade Biscuits
My Momma loooovvveees Tomato Gravy
(as does that handsome mechanic :)
I have to keep them happy you know!
I hope you enjoy this very, very Southern tradition
from my collection.
Tomato Gravy
1/2 cup plain flour
(if you find Kentucky Colonel flour in your grocery store, I highly recommend it for just about anything savory you're cooking with flour--it's seasoned and just wonderful!)
1/2 stick butter
2 cups beef broth
1 can diced tomatoes
salt & pepper
Place the flour in a frying pan.
Add a generous amount of salt and pepper.
On medium-high, brown the flour,
stirring constantly so that it won't burn.
When it gets to a beautiful brown color,
add the butter and turn the heat down to medium-low.
Stir well until smooth. Add the broth next and stir well.
Add in the tomatoes and stir until the gravy is
the thickness you want.
Serve with homemade buttermilk biscuits.
Here we go:
Add the flour to your frying pan..
Look at these ingredients just waiting
to become something amazing!
You'll patiently stir the flour until it becomes a
gorgeous brown color...
then throw in the butter...
You'll turn the heat down and stir until smooth...
Next pour in the beef broth...
Look how beautiful it has become!! :)
Next add the tomatoes...
Wow!
Tomato Gravy is served!
This is what it looks like over the biscuits...
This is what the plate looked like when he
was done enjoying breakfast!
Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
3 cups self-rising flour
1 stick butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup buttermilk
extra flour for rolling out the biscuits
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. I cook my biscuits in an iron skillet. I place a couple of TBSP of oil in the skillet and
set it in the oven to heat up while I get the biscuits ready.
Place flour in large bowl.
Grate 1 stick of butter into bowl next and
give it a few stirs to combine.
Next add the oil and buttermilk.
If it's a little dry, add some warm water.
You'll want to stir until the flour is all combined and a bit sticky. You'll turn the dough out onto a generously floured surface next.
I just pinch off enough to make a good
round biscuit and roll in a little flour.
Get the skillet out of the oven and add the biscuits
as you roll them, sides touching.
When the skillet is full, brush the tops with a little vegetable oil. Bake for about 20 -25 minutes until brown.
Ok, let's do this...:)
Grate the butter...
So pretty!
Add it to your bowl..
Add your flour next and stir a little to combine...
Add the buttermilk and the oil...
Stir until combined and sticky...
Turn out onto floured surface...
I usually roll mine as in the directions above,
but today I decided to cut them...
Like this...
Into squares...
Not sure why...
Some days it's just like that...
Remove the hot skillet from the oven...
Place the biscuits in the skillet and brush with some oil...
Bake 400 degrees about 20-25 minutes,
until they are golden brown.
Enjoy with that thick, rich tomato gravy!
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