{"id":6870,"date":"2010-12-26T16:28:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T23:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2019-10-19T12:20:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T19:20:45","slug":"chocolate-gravy-with-homemade-biscuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=6870","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Gravy with Homemade Biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first thought on this recipe was YUCK! But wait until you try it!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I would like to say that I had chocolate gravy growing up, but I didn’t. My mother made wonderful milk gravy or sausage gravy which is milk gravy with crumbled pork sausage added. We had red-eye gravy with our country ham, we had roast beef gravy with our roast, but no chocolate gravy. Chocolate gravy is a southern thing and I grew up in extreme southeast Missouri and we always considered ourselves Southerners, but I guess we weren’t southern enough to have ever tasted chocolate gravy.<\/p>\n

Now that Christmas is over and everyone is tired of cooking, this simple recipe is just what you need for your last indulgence before the new year rolls around and you go on a diet and give up sweets (me). Have this for New Year Eve breakfast, then store the recipe away until you need another breakfast chocolate fix.<\/p>\n

What is gravy anyway but some kind of stock or broth thickened to pour over some type of food we have prepared. So, why not a sweet gravy that will satisfy some of us that crave chocolate in the morning.<\/p>\n

This gravy can be used on biscuits, scones, pancakes or waffles. When we were in Brugge back in September we had to try a Belgium waffle and they poured chocolate all over it. It was the richest, gooiest, most delicious thing I have ever put in my mouth. I love chocolate in any form, so why shouldn’t I give this recipe a try.<\/p>\n

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I recently found out that my sister-in-law, Peggy, was the chocolate gravy maker in their family and she use to make it for one of our nieces who would beg for it while visiting her aunt on the weekends.<\/p>\n

The recipe I’m making came from Saveur magazine and their recipe is served with homemade biscuits. I wanted to try both biscuits and scones to see which I liked the best and you can do the same for yourself. Definitely try the gravy on a waffle. I think I like the waffle or scone best just because they are a little sweeter than the biscuits. The biscuits are great by themselves or dripping with melted butter.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I used this cocoa that I picked up when I worked at Williams Sonoma (no longer work there). But there is no reason Hershey’s Cocoa wouldn’t taste just as good.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This gravy gets darker the longer it cooks.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When you mix your shortening with the flour, make sure you leave pea size pieces of shortening. That will make your biscuits flakier.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For thick biscuits, roll your dough 3\/4-1″ thick.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Brush hot biscuits with melted butter, and then enjoy with or without the chocolate gravy.<\/p>\n

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