About a month ago, my husband just happened to mention that he has a waffle maker, sitting unopened, in a cabinet!! WHAT?!?!?! I love waffles! LOVE THEM. So we used the recipe on the back of the Pamela's Pancake Mix Bag to make waffles and found out that our maker makes huge waffles and the measurements they provide only give us two waffles! So the first thing you need to do is get a waffle maker and make normal waffles just so you know how much batter you'll need to feed your family.
So, if you don't have a waffle maker, this recipe will be difficult, but I suppose you could make bacon pancakes instead. Additionally, you'll need some sort of blender or food processor. I use a Magic Bullet. You'll understand what for in a minute.
Also, you may want to save up some bacon grease so you have extra just in case. If not, you can always substitute with butter.
Bacon Waffles with Sausage Gravy
Ingredients:
Waffle Batter*Make sure your bacon is gluten free. Things like smoke flavoring and monosodium glutamate are not GF. Also any flavorings can be risky.
Bacon*
Breakfast Sausage**
GF Flour***
Milk
Salt
Pepper
**For Sausage, I use the Jimmy Dean All Natural Regular Pork Sausage (no msg added, gluten free) 16 oz. package.
***I use Pamela's Gluten Free Pancake Mix. It doesn't have that odd bitter taste that a lot of GF flours do. It is good in both sweet and savory baking. The bags have recipes on them for pancakes and waffles, so it is easy to get the measurements right for their brand.
Instructions:
In a bowl, mix enough waffle batter to feed your family one waffle per person. Set this aside.
In a large frying pan, cook your bacon, and be sure to save the grease. Cook the number of slices that your family would normally eat as a side. I usually do 3 per person. Cook them to the level of crispness your family likes. Take them out of the pan and place them on paper towels to absorb some of the grease. Turn off the heat to your pan so the grease left behind doesn't burn.
Now take your bacon and blend it into bits. I call it bacon dust because my bullet does a very fine blend on the bacon, almost like course ground coffee. Put your bacon dust in the waffle batter and mix thoroughly. Set your batter aside again.
Take your sausage and cook it in the bacon grease pan. Again, cook the amount that your family will eat. I use the entire 16oz. of my sausage, and it makes enough for about 4 waffles, so we always have leftover gravy. That is intentional though, because my husband likes to dip chips in it as a snack. When your sausage is cooked to your liking, turn off the burner again and use a slotted spoon or similar to remove the sausage to a paper towel lined bowl. You want to leave as much sausage grease behind.
The next part involves coordination. If you don't think you can manage both at the same time, make your waffles first and then place them in the oven on warm to keep them from getting cold. Otherwise, I make my waffles while concurrently making the sausage gravy. So, assuming that you've got a handle on your waffles, I'll skip to the gravy making part.
Turn your heat on medium and add 1tbsp of flour to your grease at a time, whisking until the grease is absorbed. My last batch took 4 tbsp of flour, but yours will vary on the amount of bacon and sausage you cook. If you don't have enough grease, add more grease or butter. you want your grease and flour to form a roux.
The roux will start to bubble and brown. When it is a nice deep brown, pour in your milk 1 cup at a time, whisking the whole time. As it starts to thicken, you can add more milk if it seems to be getting too thick. I like mine a little thicker, stick to your bones, consistency.
From there, you turn off the heat and add in your sausage chunks continuing to whisk into a nice thick gravy. If you have one of those glass top stoves (which retain heat) you'll want to take the pan off the burner altogether or it will keep cooking and burn your gravy.
You should have one waffle per family member. You'll want to serve by placing a waffle on each plate and spooning the sausage gravy over it. As much or as little gravy as your family members enjoy.
Below is the finished product. In my house we LOVE our sausage gravy.
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