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I finally found my Southern Biscuit bliss.


               
2022 Aug 25, 8:06am   431 views  14 comments

by Tenpoundbass   follow (10)  

I don't know if any of you follow my culinary rants and posts. But for years I have lamented, that Southern Biscuits can only be made in the Appalachia mountains.
I have tried for years upon years, to make a suitable biscuit in South Florida climate. The low altitude, humidity and possibly the flour selection available, the biscuits always turned out hard on the outside and chewy on the inside. Very minimal rising, nothing that could be considered flaky.

One of the biggest obstacles is pearling the flour and solid fat(lard, butter, or shortening) and working it into the flour, without it melting and the fats separating. That pretty much ruins the texture and rising properties of your biscuit.

I saw an old lady from Mississippi on YouTube make biscuits with only two ingredients. Equal parts Self rising flour, and heavy whipping creme. That's right, I thought it was ingenious as well. It's perfect, it's milk fat and solids already in a liquid form, so just by merely pouring it in, and giving it a quick mix, the flour is already pearlized. No need to over work it, still might be a little tacky. Dump on mixing board on a dusting of flour. put about a table spoon of flour then on top, then give it all a couple folds, about three max. Pat it flat about 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick. Then use a biscuit cutter, no cup rim as the pressure in the cup will squeeze all of the air out of the dough if you do, then they wont rise properly.

If any of you get a hankering for some genuine biscuits, and loathe the can biscuits, especially at these prices these days. Then give this very simple recipe a try.
Just made a batch, they remind of Kentucky fried Chicken Biscuits back when they served food.

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1   komputodo   2022 Aug 25, 8:20am  

Tenpoundbass says

I saw an old lady from Mississippi on YouTube make biscuits with only two ingredients. Equal parts Self rising flour, and heavy whipping creme.

so either buy heavy whipping cream or use cold shortening and a pastry cutter.

2   komputodo   2022 Aug 25, 8:22am  

Tenpoundbass says


Then use a biscuit cutter, no cup rim as the pressure in the cup will squeeze all of the air out of the dough if you do, then they wont rise properly.

use a biscuit cutter but straight down and straight up....NO TWISTING or they wont rise as well. Then make a sausage and egg biscuit for breakfast.

3   Ceffer   2022 Aug 25, 8:24am  

This is about food? How disappointing. I was sure it was either about horse racing or sex.
4   Al_Sharpton_for_President   2022 Aug 25, 8:26am  

When rioting next in Asheville, stop in at one of the Biscuit Head locations before buring it down.

http://www.biscuitheads.com/
5   Tenpoundbass   2022 Aug 25, 8:32am  

komputodo says

so either buy heavy whipping cream or use cold shortening and a pastry cutter.


The pantry cutter didn't work, never got a good biscuit down here.

The only biscuits you find in South Florida are either canned, or frozen already baked biscuits. No restaurant actually makes biscuits, because they just don't turn out right.
6   Tenpoundbass   2022 Aug 25, 8:34am  

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

When rioting next in Asheville, stop in at one of the Biscuit Head locations before buring it down.


They lost me with Sharicha, Southerners in that region only use Texas Pete, Louisiana, or Tabasco hot sauce.
7   Tenpoundbass   2022 Aug 25, 8:53am  

komputodo says

use a biscuit cutter but straight down and straight up....NO TWISTING or they wont rise as well. Then make a sausage and egg biscuit for breakfast.


I mentioned this in my OP.
I made country fried steak biscuit, sunny side up eggs, and cheese grits(Polenta, I never buy what the store calls "Grits")

My super tender super good Country Fried Steak.

Tough cheap meat will work for this. Get those thin sliced steaks they use for Milanesa, chuck or round or what ever it is. No cubed steak. And I'm not saying you can't use NY Strip or Ribeye, I'm just saying save it for the grill, you don't need a good cut of beef for this and it's tender.

Put meat in a bowl, give it a sprinkle of salt, dash of black pepper, a quick dusting of white pepper, not to much, one egg white, and a teaspoon of soysauce. Mix every well massaging the egg mixture into the meat for a minute.
Let sit in a bowl for about 20 minutes. Take meat out of marinate, roll in some corn starch, let the lose corn starch fall off. Place in a pan with about 3/8 inch of oil in the pan. Fry and brown one side for about 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown and the right crispy texture is achieved, then and do the other side.
This is an Asian method, but it is hands down the best way to handle beef that you plan on breading and frying. Better than Southern Steak, that is soaked in Butter milk and dredged in flour. Much better, and the oil is still usable when you're done. I've learned flour isn't always the best breading for frying. Aside from Fried Chicken, I mostly use corn starch or even better Potato Starch. I'll give you guys a good rant on the glorious uses of Potato Starch the best kept culinary secret.

But by rolling fresh cut potato fries in potato starch, then frying. You can skip the need to cook French fries twice. They come out super crispy on the first fry and don't go soggy.
8   fdhfoiehfeoi   2022 Aug 25, 10:04am  

Altitude definitely makes a big difference. My mom's complained for years about how she has to change all her recipes. They live in Denver.
10   PeopleUnited   2022 Aug 31, 8:25pm  

Seems like Western Europe fares better than Eastern Europe in this graph.
11   pudil   2022 Aug 31, 9:01pm  

What do you mean by equal parts flour and cream? 1 cup flour 1 cup cream?
12   richwicks   2022 Aug 31, 9:17pm  

Most search engines are your friend, but Google isn't:

https://search.brave.com/search?q=biscuits+cream+flour

https://www.plainchicken.com/2-ingredient-cream-biscuits/
https://www.thecountrycook.net/cream-biscuits-only-2-ingredients/

You can go through the rest of them.

Maybe I'll try it, one day.

I have a good recipe for Almond milk, if you want it. It's more like horchata than milk and horchata is a type of nut milk. I've even made it with peanuts. It's a little weird, and really, raw peanuts aren't good for you. They have a weak toxin until they are cooked, and they aren't really nuts.
13   Hircus   2022 Sep 1, 12:50pm  

Tenpoundbass says
I'll give you guys a good rant on the glorious uses of Potato Starch the best kept culinary secret.


please do
14   Tenpoundbass   2022 Sep 1, 1:01pm  

pudil says


What do you mean by equal parts flour and cream? 1 cup flour 1 cup cream?


A little less cream than flour, but yes. Depending on how humid it is and the moisture content of your flour, you may need 3/4 cream to 1 cup flour, if your flour is dry you may need more cream.

I can see turning this into a shortbread cookie or Pecan Sandies recipe.

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