Biscuits and gravy – true comfort food. This is quickly becoming an occasional favorite of the husbands (and, let’s be honest, he’s not alone), and as I’m sitting here writing this up, I’m realizing just how much One Local Summer has encouraged us to cook more from scratch instead of eat out of boxes. Eight years ago, I’m not sure we would have considered this worth the bother, but now? ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY. The biscuit dough is SUPER easy to make, and as of this round of One Local Summer, we’ve embraced that which is lard. Lard! Even the word has a negative connotation, and is used as an insult. It isn’t a replacement for olive oil which is a far healthier fat, but when put up against butter, it’s got less saturated fat and more monounsaturated fat (the good kind of fat). Of course, you want the stuff that’s un-hydrogenated, and I believe the tub we got from the farmer’s market is just plain rendered pork fat. I honestly can’t tell a difference in the taste either. To make things a little more healthy, we added a bowl of fresh berries and peaches, and of course that mug of cold brewed coffee. A side note about the raspberries – the little invader raspberry bush that pushed under the neighbor’s fence into our yard has been producing about a cup of berries a day. We’re happy to have this new addition to our garden and enjoy fresh berries almost every evening now!
Ingredients:
Buttermilk – Maplehofe Dairy
Sausage – M&M Creek Valley Farm
Lard – M&M Creek Valley Farm
Flour – Mill at Anslema, Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
Raspberries – Our Garden
Peaches – North Star Orchard
Non Local – Salt, Pepper, coffee, baking powder