Sausage-and-Biscuit Pigs in Blankets
- Twelve 4-inch links breakfast sausage
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- Kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen in 1 piece
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped scallion greens
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- Maple syrup, for serving
- Position an oven rack in the center of the oven, set a baking sheet on it and preheat to 400 degrees F.
- Toss the sausage links with the oil in a large bowl.
- Add the sausages to the hot baking sheet, and spread out in 1 layer.
- Roast, turning halfway through, until lightly browned in spots and cooked through, about 15 minutes.
- Let cool completely.
- Cut each sausage in half crosswise.
- Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl.
- Grate the frozen butter on the large holes of a box grater, and add to the bowl, along with the scallions.
- Add the buttermilk, and mix together gently with a fork.
- When a shaggy dough forms, turn it out onto a floured surface.
- Working quickly, roll the dough out into a 14-by-8-inch rectangle about 1/8 inch thick.
- Trim each side by about an inch, to yield a 12-by-6-inch rectangle with clean edges.
- Cut twelve 1-inch-wide strips, then cut those strips in half crosswise.
- (You should have 24 strips, each about 1 inch by 3 inches.)
- Wrap a biscuit strip around the belly of each sausage half, and place, seam-side down, at least 1 inch apart on a clean baking sheet.
- Sprinkle a small pinch of cracked black pepper on top of each one.
- (Refrigerate up to overnight if not baking right away.)
- Bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
- Serve with maple syrup on the side.
vegetable oil, flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, kosher salt, unsalted butter, scallion greens, buttermilk, cracked black pepper, maple syrup
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/sausage-and-biscuit-pigs-in-blankets.html (may not work)