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Fried Pies & Fireflies Tomato Gravy and Homemade Biscuits Recipe

December 12, 2012 by Lisa Pinney

 
My Momma loooovvveeesTomato Gravy  
Especially with homemade buttermilk biscuits!
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!  

 


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. 

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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