Sausage Gravy
Kelly
02/28/10
Hi Ellen, We have enjoyed your Sausage Gravy recipe at family gatherings several times. I cannot seem to locate it. I remember it had bacon drippings in it and I think Half and Half or Whole milk. If it is not to much trouble would you repost it or tell me where on yor site I can find it. Many Thanks!
ellen
02/28/10
Yes, it is sometimes hard to find things on cook talk. Here is the secret:

Go to Google "advanced search"
Put in what you are looking for
Go to the end of the section and you see a place that says:
"Search within a site or domain:"
Enter "ellenskitchen.com" in the little box and hiy search.

Voila, it actually finds stuff faster than I can.

In the meantime, here:

Here is a recipe I posted in 2006.

You MUST use the black pepper. You MUST use whole milk. And yes, you actually add the bacon grease to the sausage grease. It's just a heart attack waiting to happen...

This is for 200 people:
* 25 pounds ground pork sausage
* 4 cups bacon grease
* 6-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 5 gallons whole milk
* 1/4 cup salt OR to taste- do taste while adding
* 2 tablespoons and 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS:

1. Brown sausage in a roasting pan over medium-high heat. Set aside, leaving the drippings in the skillet.
2. Mix bacon grease into the sausage drippings. Reduce heat to medium, combine with flour, and stir constantly until mixture just turns golden brown. This take at least a half hour. If you burn it you have to throw it away and start over, so do not turn your back.
3. Gradually whisk milk into skillet. When the mixture is smooth, thickened, and begins to bubble, return the sausage to skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat, and simmer for at least 25 minutes, stirring, covering.
ellen
The sausage gravy recipe has a LOT of sausage. You can decrease the sausage by 1/3 or increase the gravy by 1/3 to 1/2 and still have plenty of chunks.

Use good sausage, of course; sage or hot is nice. If you have no bacon grease, butter is a possibility, but for heavens sake, if it is a feast, get the bacon grease. Some people add a little garlic or sage, or Tabasco, but die-hard sausage gravy fans will notice.

Also, it tends to separate if served standing on a buffet line-