Old-Fashioned Sausage Gravy

Ingredients

For 8 servings

• •1 lb ground pork sausage
• •3 c. à soupe bacon grease
• •0.25 tasse all-purpose flour
• •3 tasse milk
• •0.5 c. à café salt
• •0.25 c. à café ground black pepper

Method

1. 1.Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer sausage to a plate, leaving drippings in the skillet.
2. 2.Add bacon grease to the sausage drippings, and reduce the heat to medium. Whisk in flour and stir constantly until mixture becomes paste-like and turns golden brown, about 5 minutes.
3. 3.Gradually whisk in milk until smooth. Bring to a simmer, then return sausage to the skillet and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is smooth and thick, 10 to 15 minutes.