Sausage, Egg & Biscuit Casserole

By kimvess

This yummy Sausage, Egg & Biscuit Casserole can go straight into the oven, or to make it ahead, assemble it the night before, cover, and refrigerate until ready to bake in the morning.

Ingredients

• CASSEROLE:
• 1 pound bulk breakfast sausage
• 7 eggs
• 1 1⁄4 cups whole milk
• 3 ⁄4 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon each table salt and black pepper
• 8 frozen buttermilk biscuits, partially thawed, halved
• 1 1⁄2 cups Cheddar, shredded & divided
• GRAVY:
• 3 tabvlespoons unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage
• 1 ⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• Salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375° fahrenheit.

Coat a 7×11-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.

For the casserole, brown sausage in a sauté pan over medium heat, breaking into chunks; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Reserve drippings for sage gravy.

Whisk together eggs, 1¼ cups milk, cream, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon black pepper in a large measuring cup; set aside.

Layer biscuit bottoms in prepared dish. Sprinkle half the sausage over biscuits, top with half the Cheddar, and add biscuit tops. Pour egg mixture over top; bake 30 minutes.

Sprinkle remaining Cheddar over top and bake casserole until center is set, an instant-read thermometer registers 165° fahrenheit, and a toothpick inserted into a biscuit comes out clean, 10–15 minutes more. Let casserole sit 10 minutes.

For the gravy, melt butter in reserved sausage drippings in a sauté pan over medium heat. Whisk in flour until smooth; cook 2 minutes. Slowly whisk in 2 cups milk until mixture is smooth.

Cook gravy until slightly thickened, 5–8 minutes. Stir in sage and pepper flakes. Season gravy with salt and black pepper.