Recipe: Sawmill Gravy - JCinPA

[Blake]

Sawmill Gravy, JCinPA

1 pound bulk breakfast sausage
5 tblsp butter
1/2 cup flour, sifted
1 cup chicken broth
2 cups milk
salt/pepper
dash worcestershire sauce
dash Tabasco sauce

Brown sausage in 1 tblsp of butter (present day pork sausage has almost no fat, it is very dry), over medium heat, breaking into small bits as it cooks.

Remove sausage, add 4 Tblsp of butter to pan, add flour and stir, making a roux. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes.

Add chicken broth, stirring to break up roux, making sure it is thoroughly dissolved. Add milk, continuing to stir. Add sausage back, continuing to stir.

Bring to boil over med/high heat, reduce heat to medium low and simmer until thickened, stirring frequently. Add salt/pepper to taste, add dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco, if desired, or other "spicer-upper" of your choice.