Biscuits and Gravy...

I am really excited to get started to write a blog...
I would like to start off by saying that LIFE IS GOOD!
I really have had a great and exciting life but these days I am so HAPPY!

I have an AMAZING best friend, Matt... AKA boyfriend. He is handsome, fun, adventurous, smart and supportive... Ahhh, and the best part he is a cowboy, hunter and a stock contractor... CHECK, CHECK, CHECK!

We live in Wyoming on his ranch and built a beautiful house last year! These days I cowboy (Ride, gather, fence, feed, etc.), help Matt raise some bucking stock, haul stock to the rodeos, hunt and COOK A LOT!

The ranch is in the North Eastern part of Wyoming and it takes a dozen ranch hand to run. And I am to ranch cook! A typical day I cook for 6-8 guys but some days the neighboring ranch hand will come to help and it will be more like 30 hungry cowboys.

Needless to say... Life has changed and it is GOOD!

Happy Saturday... Let's make some Biscuits and Gravy! (Per Matt's request)

The guys are out feeding bucking horses and bulls and some of the red angus ranch cows... and I am pulling out sausage and biscuits.

Yes... I really suck at making biscuits and canned biscuits are perfect and come in so many textures and flavors. Let give ourselves a break! Ideally, I love using local fresh sausage because it has more fat. When I use Jimmy Dean I add BuTtEr! Because butter makes everything better!

I cook the meat low and slow so that it nearly MELTS... releasing all of its fatty goodness so that we can make the gravy. When it comes to spices I change it up. Today I used some chili flakes, onion powder, dry mustard, salt and a TON of PEPPER. (I am the PEPPER QUEEN and blacken EVERYTHING) I like to toast the spices and wake them up! I also added a couple dashes of Worcester Sauce.

I like them brown but still moist in the middle...

I used 3 tbs of flour to coat the pork...

Cook the flour for a couple of minutes. I used to cook the crap out of the flour but I have learnt that if you cook it too much then will not thicken as well... so 3-4 minutes is enough! I like having extra fat in the pan and the common sausage doesn't have enough for me so I add a couple tablespoon of butter.

Butter makes everything better!

The bottom of the pan will have a layer of brown goodness... the sausage, the flour and butter so we are ready for the milk. I use 2%. I would love to use whole but I don't think that it is needed... I add butter instead and who wants a bunch of fat cowboys. NOT I!

A this point the milk will release the layer of flavor. Pull out the whisk and go to town and loosen the bottom... turn up the heat and get this boiling and thickening.

My mouth is watering... and my biscuits are craving this gravy!

And now it is up to you... Do you like it thick or thinner? It is your call. Add more milk and season with salt and PEPPER!

That is my Biscuits and Gravy... well I guess just the gravy! I texted all the guys and here they come! They are going to loved it. Eight of them in total... then they will be on my couch!

I hope you have a wonderful day!