Traditional sausage gravy primarily gets its flavor only from the sausage. This preparation takes out the carbs and makes a rich and creamy breakfast treat. Instead of using milk and flour, I use a mixture of chicken broth thickened with xanthan gum, then adding heavy cream instead of the milk. I have altered this classic recipe to make it low-carb and gluten-free. Of course, the wheat flour makes it off limits to anyone on a low-carb or gluten-free diet. This traditional preparation has been passed down from generation to generation. Southern cooks, like Aunt Shirley, thicken their sausage gravy with milk mixed with flour. The next thing I knew, I was piling gravy onto my biscuits and asking for seconds.
I broke it open and put a small spoonful of the sausage gravy on top–just enough to be polite. The sausage gravy was a creamy white and looked very different.Īs the basket of biscuits was passed I put one on my plate. My mother’s gravies were all a beautiful brown. I mean, sausage gravy wasn’t the kind of gravy I was used to. As we gathered around the table for breakfast, I really wasn’t sure what to think. We spent the night in their home and in the morning, we woke up to the smell of sausage frying. She had a genuine warmth that made me feel welcome. She called me “Sugar” and I immediately loved her. Aunt Shirley was a true southern woman with a smooth southern accent. Now, I didn’t really see why he was so obsessed about sausage gravy until we went to visit his Aunt Shirley and I got to experience this culinary delicacy first-hand.
The meal made quite an impact on his life and he often talks about the dish and raves about how his Aunt Shirley made the best sausage gravy.
My husband grew up in Virginia, so he pretty much cut his teeth on biscuits with sausage gravy. I didn’t grow up in the South, so I didn’t know there was such a thing as sausage gravy until after I met my southern husband. This delicious Low-Carb Sausage Gravy recipe brings back a favorite southern breakfast dish for those on a low-carb, ketogenic, gluten-free, Atkins or Banting diet.ĭisclaimer: Some of the links on this site are affiliate links which means we make a small commission from any sales to help keep the recipes coming! You do not pay any more.
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