Bobby Flay's Buttermilk Biscuits & Sausage Gravy

Ingredients

For the Pork Sausage:
1 pound ground pork
2 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped to a paste
1 teaspoon onion powder
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme
2 tablespoons canola oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
8 Black Pepper Biscuits

For the Cream Sauce:
2 cups whole milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Yields: 4

Preparation

For the Pork:
Combine pork, garlic, onion powder, sage, thyme and oil in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to meld. Mixture can be prepared 8 hours in advance and refrigerated.

Form the sausage mixture into 8 patties. Heat a large, nonstick pan over high heat and cook the patties until golden brown on both sides and just cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.

Slice each biscuit in half, put a sausage patty on the bottom of each biscuit and replace the tops. Serve 2 sausage biscuits per person.

For the Cream Sauce:
Put milk in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, whisk in the flour and cook for 1 minute, do not allow the flour to color. Slowly whisk in the warm milk, increase the heat to high and continue whisking until the sauce begins to thicken and the raw taste of the flour has been cooked out, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.