Friday, November 25, 2011

Turkey Sausage, Egg, and Biscuit Casserole

Ingredients
  •  1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lb turkey sausage removed from casings
  • 2 stalks diced celery
  • 1 small diced onion
  • 5 thinly sliced button mushrooms
  • 1/4 tsp each salt, pepper, herbes de provence (or dried thyme)
  • 7 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups 1% milk
  • 3/4 cup Philly Light Chive and Onion Cream Cheese
  • 1 tube Pilllsbury buttermilk biscuits
  • 1 1/2 cups grated Gruyere cheese
  • 1 1/4 cups 1% milk
  • 1 .87 oz, 24 gram package dried turkey gravy mix
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375. Coat a 7x11 baking dish with cooking spray.
  2. Brown sausage, celery, onion, and spices in 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat. Set aside
  3. Melt the cream cheese and warm milk together in a small saucepan to form a base cream sauce. Let cool and then whisk the cream cheese mixture together with the eggs salt, and black pepper.
  4. Layer biscuits in prepared dish. Top with ground turkey mixture, and 1/2 the gruyere cheese. Pour the egg mixture over all and top with the remaining cheese.
  5. Bake at 375 app 20-30 minutes.
  6. While the casserole bakes, whisk the other 1 and 1/4 cups of milk with the dry turkey gravy mix in a small sauce pan over medium high heat just until the gravy thickens and set aside. 
  7. Serve with the gravy spooned over all.