Grain-Free Biscuits + Gravy

FOR THE BISCUITS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Take out two sheets of parchment paper (or wax paper) along with a round 3-4 inch cookie cutter, set aside. (It’s ok if you don’t have a cookie cutter, you can shape them by hand.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together almond flour, tapioca starch, baking powder and baking soda.
4. With a pastry cutter, cut 1/4 cup of butter into flour, leaving no pieces larger than pea size.
5. Create a well in the center of your flour and add your milk and apple cider vinegar. Slowly work the liquid into the flour-it will be loose at first but start to thicken. Dough will be sticky. Scrape excess dough off of hands and let dough rest for 3 minutes to further thicken. Wash hands.
6. Return to your dough, form it into a ball. Dust your biscuit dough with just a tiny touch of tapioca starch and place dough on parchment paper. Place another sheet of parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
7. Dip a round cookie cutter in some tapioca starch. Flatten your dough out a bit with the palm of your hands and cut out two biscuits. They should be a few inches high. (You can choose to make them shorter if you prefer). Make sure to dust your cookie cutter with the tapioca again after you cut each one out. (You can form the biscuits by hand into whatever shape you desire if you’re without a cookie cutter).
8. Place the cut out biscuits on the cookie sheet. Repeat until you have 6 biscuits. Brush the tops with melted butter. (You can form the biscuits by hand into whatever shape you desire if you’re without a cookie cutter).
9. Bake biscuits at 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes. Check in at 12 minutes.
10. Remove from oven and cool on rack. You can reheat them in the oven at 375 degrees for a few minutes before adding gravy if necessary.

FOR THE GRAVY:

1. First, chop your sausage into small, bite-size pieces and brown in a skillet until cooked through. (Save drippings if you prefer that flavor over butter). Place cooked sausage on paper towels or drain. Set aside.
2. In a medium to large bowl, whisk together tapioca starch, salt and pepper.
3. Slowly whisk in your milk until combined evenly. Pour melted butter (or drippings) over top and combine again.
4. Pour milk mixture into a large pan. (The pan needs to be large, as the whisking can cause splatter in a smaller pan). Cook on medium heat, whisking the entire time so the tapioca does not stick to the bottom of the pan.
5. At about 3 minutes in, the liquid will start to thicken, continue to whisk vigorously. You will notice that soon the liquid will start to thicken more quickly. As soon as it hits the thickness you desire, take it off the heat.
6. Add in your pat of butter and stir the gravy while it melts. If the gravy has thickened past the point you like, whisk in one or two tablespoons of milk until you have the consistency you desire. (If for any reason you want to thicken the gravy, add 1 tbsp of tapioca starch to a small dish and whisk in 2 tbsp milk. Add this mixture into the gravy and heat until gravy thickens).
7. Add a touch more salt and pepper to taste. Finally, add in your sausage.
8. Cut biscuits lengthwise in half and spread with sausage gravy. Enjoy!