CREAMED TURKEY WITH SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

Creamed Turkey With Sweet Potato Biscuits image

Though this saucy, savory creamed turkey is designed for using Thanksgiving leftovers, it can be made any time of year. It's a dish that fans of biscuits and gravy will appreciate. These biscuits are a good way to use up leftover sweet potato (or you could bake sweet potatoes for this purpose), but the turkey would also be delicious with plain freshly baked fluffy buttermilk biscuits.

Provided by David Tanis

Time 40m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

4 ounces sausage meat, preferably breakfast sausage or sweet Italian sausage
2 tablespoons butter
1 small onion, finely diced
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups whole milk, more as needed
1 cup leftover gravy or 3/4 cup chicken broth
Salt and pepper
Pinch of cayenne
2 cups diced cooked turkey meat
2 cups/260 grams all-purpose flour, more as needed
2 teaspoons/6 grams baking powder
1/2 teaspoon /1 1/2 grams baking soda
1 teaspoon/3 grams kosher salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup mashed sweet potato
1/2 cup buttermilk

Steps:

Heat oven to 400 degrees. In a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat, cook sausage meat, breaking it into small crumbly pieces as it browns. Pour off any rendered fat. Add butter and diced onion and cook, stirring, until onion is softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle mixture with flour and stir to combine.
Add milk 1/2 cup at a time, stirring vigilantly as the sauce thickens. Reduce heat if sauce is bubbling too rapidly. Whisk in gravy or broth and season with salt, pepper and cayenne. Fold in turkey meat and heat through. Keep warm.
Make the biscuit dough: Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl. Add butter and work it into the dry mixture with fingers until mixture resembles wet sand. Beat sweet potato and buttermilk together and stir into flour mixture. Mix briefly just enough to incorporate to make a soft dough.
Transfer dough to a work surface and dust lightly with flour. Knead for 1 minute, then pat or roll dough to a 1 1/2-inch thickness. Use a floured biscuit cutter or water glass to cut 10 to 12 rounds from the dough. (Or simply use a sharp knife to cut dough into 2-inch squares or diamonds.) Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until golden.
To serve, split a warm biscuit and spoon saucy turkey over it.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 742, UnsaturatedFat 12 grams, Carbohydrate 69 grams, Fat 34 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 39 grams, SaturatedFat 19 grams, Sodium 1037 milligrams, Sugar 10 grams, TransFat 1 gram