Grilled Cornbread With Sausage Gravy Food

MEATY CORNBREAD CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the corn, water and brown gravy mix. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Spoon into a greased 8-in. square baking dish., Prepare cornbread batter according to package directions; stir in the bacon bits, pepper and garlic powder. Spread over meat mixture. , Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cornbread layer comes out clean. Meanwhile, prepare country gravy mix according to package directions; serve with casserole.

CORNBREAD RECIPE FOR THE GRILL

Steps:

• Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs.
• After the eggs are foamy, add in the buttermilk and whisk some more.
• Pour the mixed eggs and buttermilk into the dry ingredients, add the corn and stir until the dry ingredients are just moist. Make sure you don't over stir. For reasons left for Alton Brown to explain, if you over-stir, you wind up with overly dense, chewy and somewhat flat cornbread. So don't be afraid to leave a few lumps. (If this were a baking website, I'd explain in great detail.)
• Heat the grill to 425° F.
• Put the cast iron skillet in place. At this point keep the skillet over direct heat, but set it up so you can move it to a indirect position (or turn off the burner that is under it if you are cooking with gas).
• Add the butter.
• When the butter is melted, before it starts to smoke, pour in the batter quickly. Move to indirect heat and close the grill. I left the temp at 425, and part of one side of the cornbread burned. Might be best to turn it down to 400 at this point to avoid overly crispy (read: black and burned) bottom.
• Check the bread after about 12 minutes. It takes about 12 to 20 minutes, depending on your grill, and how moist you like your bread. I like mine kinda goopy in the middle, so I prefer a shorter time. You can stick a toothpick in there to test how done it is. If it comes out wet, it can cook a bit longer (unless you like it goopy). If it comes out clean, then pull it from the grill.
• Let it cool for about 10 minutes. Cut yourself a slice. I like to butter it and add a bit of salt. It's also great with honey.
• Enjoy and rest easy knowing that my wife is full and happy. For now.

ANDOUILLE CORNBREAD STUFFED QUAIL, RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• For the stuffing: In a pan over high heat, add the oil and allow to warm. Then reduce the heat and add the andouille and garlic, warming for 2 minutes, stirring throughout. Once warmed, add the stock, herbs, ginger powder and salt and pepper to taste, and again warm for 2 minutes. Once heated, remove and add to the cornbread and fold all the ingredients together. Allow to sit or rest for 20 minutes before stuffing the quail. This will allow all ingredients to bloom together, creating the stuffing.
• For the red eye gravy: In a small saucepan, warm the butter until melted, and then add the onions and cook until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Once the onions are cooked, add the tasso and allow the onions and tasso to blend for 2 minutes. Next, add the coffee and allow the liquid to reduce by half in volume. Once the coffee has reduced, add the stock and parsley, reduce the heat to medium-low and allow to simmer for 10 to 12 minutes. Once finished, hold warm until serving.
• For the quail: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. To stuff and cook the quail, portion the stuffing into 4 portions and then fill each quail cavity. Once stuffed, rub the exterior of the birds with the butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Then bake for 16 to 18 minutes (or fry in in preheated 375 degree oil for 4 minutes), ensuring the stuffing is warmed above 165 degrees. Once cooked, remove from the oven and rest the quail while plating the remainder of ingredients.
• To plate, portion quarter of the potatoes to the center of a plate, then add Brussels to the side of the potatoes, then top the potatoes with a quail and finish with the prepared sauce.

CORNBREAD SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix corn bread mix, cream style corn and water.
• Cover the bottom of the prepared baking dish with about 1/2 inch of the corn bread mixture. Layer mixture with sausage, followed by onion and jalapeno. Cover with cheese. Top with remaining corn bread mixture, using only as much as will fit in the baking dish.
• Cook 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

GRANDMA NITA'S CORNBREAD STUFFING WITH SAUSAGE AND GIBLET GRAVY

Steps:

• Mix cornmeal, flour, salt, soda, 1 egg, buttermilk, drippings.
• Place in a large cast-iron skillet and bake 25 minutes at 450F or until golden and a toothpick comes out dry.
• While bread is baking, dry out 1/2 loaf of plain bread by baking it in the same oven for a couple minutes.
• When both breads are cool enough to handle, crumble the cornbread and and pull the Italian bread apart in small chunks.
• In a sauce pan, add giblets, salt, pepper, leaves of celery, 1 chopped onion, 1/2 carrot, chopped, bay leaf, and parsley. Place a whole egg in the water as well. Boil for 1/2 hour.
• In a large frying pan, combine pork sausage, 3 chopped onions, and 1/2 stalk celery. Fry until sausage is done and add to the crumbled bread in a large bowl.
• Mix the bread and sausage mixture, and one can of mushrooms with juice, adding about a quarter cup to half cup of the broth from the giblets for moisture.
• Optional: Add an egg to make the stuffing hold together better.
• Add salt, pepper and sage to taste.
• For the gravy, finely dice the boiled egg and the gizzard of the turkey. Grate the liver. Combine with juice from boiling giblets. Turn burner on high and bring to a boil.
• Optional: Add one can of mushrooms.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• For one quart of of gravy, mix four heaping tablespoons of corn starch into a bowl of 1 cup water and mix.
• When the sauce has reached the boil, stir in the starch mixture.

GRILLED CORNBREAD WITH SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• Corn Bread: Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Grease a 8x8x2 inch baking dish.
• Combine all ingredients, except butter, and mix well.
• Pour into prepared dish and bake 25-30 minutes.
• Sausage Gravy: Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring and breaking up sausage until no longer pink.
• Reduce heat to low, add flour and stir 1 minute.
• add milk, water, garlic salt and pepper.
• Increase heat to medium high and stir until mixture come to a boil.
• Reduce heat and cook 2-3 minutes.
• To assemble: Slice cornbread into squares.
• Melt butter in a frying pan or griddle and lightly brown squares on both sides.
• Remove to serving plates and top with Sausage Gravy.

SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Remove sausage, drain and set aside.
• Pour off most of the fat from the pan, leaving about 2 to 3 tablespoons. Return pan to medium-low heat and add flour. Using a whisk, stir vigorously until roux forms, scraping bottom of pan. Reduce heat to low and let roux cook at least 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Grandma always "burned" hers a little on purpose.
• Add milk in a stream, whisking the whole time. After adding about 2 1/2 cups, turn heat to medium and continue cooking, stirring constantly. Bring gravy to a boil and cook to desired thickness. Add more milk if a thinner gravy is desired. You may also add some of the cooked and crumbled sausage to the gravy.