Apple Sausage Gravy Dumplings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 pound pork sausage
- 1/2 large yellow onion,
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 large apple
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup milk
- ground black pepper
- cayenne pepper
- 1/4 cup green onions
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup apple cider
- 1/4 cup creme fraiche
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 2 tablespoons green onions
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
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Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and add sausage. Cook and stir, breaking up chunks with a spatula, until browned and crumbly, about 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium, add onions and a pinch of salt, and cook, stirring, until onions start to turn soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in butter, and once melted, add flour. Cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes. Add diced apple, and cook, stirring for another minute or so.
- Pour in chicken broth, raise heat to high, and stir with a spoon, scraping up all the browned bits (fond) from the bottom. Add milk and bring mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat to between medium and medium-low, and simmer for about 15 minutes. For thicker gravy, mixture can be reduced further. Reduce heat to medium-low and prepare dumpling batter.
- Combine egg, cider, creme fraiche, thyme, 2 tablespoons green onions, 1 teaspoon salt, and baking powder in a bowl and whisk thoroughly. Add 1 cup flour and whisk just until flour disappears. Clean off whisk with a spatula, and scrape down the sides of the bowl, mixing in any visible flour. Set batter aside until needed.
- Stir gravy and taste for seasoning—add more salt if needed, plus freshly ground black pepper, cayenne, 1/4 cup green onions, and 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar.
- Raise heat to medium, and transfer generous, rounded teaspoons of dumpling batter on top of the simmering gravy.
- Cover, and let cook, untouched, until dumplings are puffed up, and floating on top, 5 to 6 minutes. A skewer inserted into the center of a dumpling should come out clean. Serve immediately topped with additional green onions if desired.
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