Food ‘n Flix this month introduced me to a movie that is now on my list of favorites. Hosted over at Eliot’s Eats, this month we watched August: Osage County. This was a movie on my to-watch list, that for some reason I never got around to. Julia Roberts is one of my favorite actresses, but beyond that, this was a very deep movie. I usually find that foodie movies don’t have the most depth, but this was the exception. I don’t know if I would particularly call this movie a foodie movie, but there were definitely many food references and images.
This movie involved so many relationships – dramatic, dark family relationships.
This movie depicts a very troubled family, family that has each of their own desires, motivations, and wills. And while, like I said, not really a food movie, a lot of their conversations, revelations, and arguments happen at the table, surrounded by food.
At one point in the movie, Violet (as played by Meryl Streep – the mother) says to her daughter Barbara (as played by Julia Roberts,) that the last time she saw her husband, “the Indian girl” made biscuits and gravy.
Well… I love biscuits and gravy, so that was that. Now, let’s explain this dish, shall we?
I was sort of lazy, hence the Pillsbury biscuits. But the gravy? I made that. And gravy is super easy to make. So, really, this was a super easy meal. We had breakfast for dinner when we had this dish. Earlier in the day we were at the cell phone store getting a new phone and somehow biscuits and gravy were brought us. The sales guy suggested making the gravy with bratwurst. So, I did! And it was delicious.
Luckily, we didn’t have any fights around our table. Actually, I think we ate on our laps on the couch watching TV, so perhaps that’s dysfunctional too.
Biscuits and Bratwurst Gravy
Ingredients
1 can of Pillsbury biscuits, baked according to the directions on the package
6 bratwurst links, chopped into pieces
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
2 cups milk
plenty of pepper to taste
Directions
- Cook the bratwurst over medium heat, until browned on all sides.
- Add the butter to the pan. Once melted, sprinkle in the flour and cook for about 1 minute.
- Whisk in half of the milk.
- Add the remaining milk and whisk together, until thickened.
- Tear your biscuits up and serve with gravy on top.
- serves 4
- Also shared with Delicious Dish Tuesday
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I bet this tastes AMAZING! I love biscuits and gravy…and I love bratwurst…so obviously, I’ll be making this soon.
Bratwurst gravy…Genius!!! Why did I never think of that?
I love the idea of this gravy and can almost taste it! Great comfort food post! I appreciate you playing along this month.
Hahaha – we were on the same wavelength! I also used Pillsbury biscuits, but made my own gravy.
Good to know that the phone sales guy was so helpful. 😉 Biscuits and gravy is a great pick for this movie and good comfort food for all of the family angst.
You’re doing all completely wrong. You take the brats out of the casings and brown/crumble them. Then proceed with the rat of the recipe. You didn’t tear your biscuits into chunks, you simply open them and spoon the gravy on top.