This white sausage country gravy is the perfect gravy for biscuits and gravy. It’s a rich milk based white gravy with ground sausage and spices. This gravy is totally delicious!
I grew up with biscuits and gravy and it’s a really nostalgic food for me, I have a high standard for how it tastes. It has to be full flavor and the perfect texture for me. Every time I go out to eat at a breakfast restaurant and I see biscuits and gravy on the menu I have to order it as a side. Sometimes it’s perfectly delicious and other times it just doesn’t cut it for me. Even the restaurants that serve a great version, I will say that nothing compares to a homemade biscuits and gravy in my opinion.
I love to use my biscuits recipe HERE for my biscuits and gravy. They are perfectly layered, tender and delicious. I also love them on the side with honey and butter or jam. They are easy to make too so I would recommend them over store bought mixes or pre-made dough. However, use whatever biscuits you love or have on hand.
What you need to make white sausage country gravy:
Serves 6
- 1 pound ground mild or country sausage
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 3/4 teaspoon salt – more to taste
- 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon black pepper- if you like a little spice from black pepper do 1/2 teaspoon
- Optional – 1/4 teaspoon rubbed or ground sage
- dash of cayenne pepper
- 4 cups milk of choice
- 1/2 cup cream or half and half
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- In a large skillet, add ground sausage, butter, salt, black pepper, sage, and cayenne pepper saute until cooked through. Break sausage up into small crumbles for a less chunky gravy.
- Add milk, cream and stir together.
- Bring to a boil and boil for roughly 3 minutes.
- Whisk together the cornstarch and water in a dish and whisk into your gravy.
- Cook until gravy thickens to your desired consistency.
- Taste and add additional salt and pepper to taste or if the gravy over reduced add a little more milk to balance it out.
Here are a few other breakfast recipes you may love:
- Breakfast Veggie Hash RECIPE HERE
- Breakfast Stuffed Mushrooms RECIPE HERE
- Shrimp & Eggs Benedict RECIPE HERE
White Sausage Country Gravy
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground mild or country sausage
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 3/4 teaspoon salt – more to taste
- 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon black pepper- if you like a little spice from black pepper do 1/2 teaspoon
- Optional – 1/4 teaspoon rubbed or ground sage
- dash of cayenne pepper
- 4 cups milk of choice
- 1/2 cup cream or half and half
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- In a large skillet, add ground sausage, butter, salt, black pepper, sage, and cayenne pepper saute until cooked through. Break sausage up into small crumbles for a less chunky gravy.
- Add milk, cream and stir together.
- Bring to a boil and boil for roughly 3 minutes.
- Whisk together the cornstarch and water in a dish and whisk into your gravy.
- Cook until gravy thickens to your desired consistency.
- Taste and add additional salt and pepper to taste or if the gravy over reduced add a little more milk to balance it out.