Southern creole Tomato Gravy over Biscuits served with salmon patties
INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 45
  • Servings: 6-8
  • Preparation Time: 60
  • Gravy
  • 2 16 oz cans peeled whole tomatoes
  • 1 can tomato paste
  • 1 can mild rotel
  • 1 peeled diced yellow onion
  • 2/3 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • minced garlic
  • bay leaves
  • thyme
  • Biscuits
  • flour
  • salt
  • mayonaise
  • butter
  • cream of tartar
  • salt baking soda
  • milk
  • 3 eggs
  • Salmon patties
  • EVOO
  • 2 cans of salmon
  • 1 egg
  • 2/3 panko
  • 1/3 crushed club crackers
DIRECTIONS
  1. Biscuits
  2. add 2 cups all purpose flour
  3. 1 tsp salt
  4. 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
  5. mix coarsely
  6. add 2 tblsp mayonaise 1 stick of softened butter 2 eggs and 1/3 cup of milk or buttermilk.
  7. use fingers and mix coarsely incorporating baking soda. set dough aside and chill.
  8. Gravy
  9. add vegetable oil and 2/3 cup of flour and stir with a wooden spoon over medium heat until "roux" is golden brown.
  10. add diced onion and rotel and simmer until wilted,
  11. crush whole tomatoes and add along with 2 cans of water from tomatoes.
  12. add 1/4tsp thyme
  13. 1tsb minced garlic and 2 bay leaves
  14. reduce heat and let the gravy simmer for at least an hour. (Remember to use a wooden spoon to do the stirring.)
  15. patt out chilled biscuit dough or roll into desired shaoe, place on greased baking sheet and bake @ 375 for 25-30 min (golden
  16. Salmon Patties
  17. remove salmon from can , and pick for bones and remove skin
  18. place in a bowl and add egg coarse sea salt, coarse ground black pepper and crushed club crackers
  19. take the Panko and put in a bowl, form patties or sticks from salmon mixture, coat on both sides with panko,
  20. skillet fry on both sides in olive oil.
  21. Plate with a open face biscuit, topped with 2 fried salmon patties and top with homemade dark tomato gravy and enjoy!
RECIPE BACKSTORY
This is one of my Lovely wifes favorite comfort recipes! I Love preparing it for her.