Country Sausage Gravy

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Growing up, we ate this gravy over slices of white bread, sliced ripe tomatoes, scrambled eggs and, of course, biscuits. Sometimes i use maple sausage, sometimes i add 1/4 cup of minced onions and sometimes i add a shake of crushed red pepper. Use your imagination!!

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Steps

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Brown the pork sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Set aside , leaving the drippings in the skillet.

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Stir the butter or bacon grease into the sausage drippings.

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Reduce the heat to medium , add the flour , stirring constantly until the mixture turns a golden brown.

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Gradually whisk the milk into skillet.

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Once the mixture is smooth , thickened , and begins to bubble , return the sausage to skillet.

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Season with salt and pepper.

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Reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 more minutes.

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Ingredients

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pork sausage, butter, all-purpose flour, milk, salt, ground black pepper