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Chocolate Gravy for Biscuits

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on April 20, 2012

Time

15 minutes

Yield

Makes about 4 cups

Chocolate Gravy for Biscuits

Ingredients

1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams) sugar ½ cup (2 ½ ounces/71 grams) all-purpose flour 6 tablespoons (1 ⅛ ounces/32 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa ¼ teaspoon salt 4 cups whole milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Whisk sugar, flour, cocoa, and salt together in large saucepan. Slowly whisk in milk until smooth. Bring to simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly, and simmer until thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla. Serve over biscuits.
Chocolate Gravy for Biscuits

Chocolate Gravy for Biscuits

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Time

15 minutes

Yield

Makes about 4 cups

Ingredients

1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams) sugar
½ cup (2 ½ ounces/71 grams) all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons (1 ⅛ ounces/32 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa
¼ teaspoon salt
4 cups whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredients

1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams) sugar
½ cup (2 ½ ounces/71 grams) all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons (1 ⅛ ounces/32 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa
¼ teaspoon salt
4 cups whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredients

1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams) sugar
½ cup (2 ½ ounces/71 grams) all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons (1 ⅛ ounces/32 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa
¼ teaspoon salt
4 cups whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Why This Recipe Works

Chocolate gravy should be thick, rich, and sweet enough to complement a fluffy, tangy biscuit. The combination of Dutched cocoa and whole milk, thickened with just enough flour, yields a “gravy” with the right amount of viscosity to blanket the biscuits in a decadent layer of chocolate.

Instructions

  1. Whisk sugar, flour, cocoa, and salt together in large saucepan. Slowly whisk in milk until smooth. Bring to simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly, and simmer until thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla. Serve over biscuits.

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