Apple-Sausage Gravy Boats
Description
French bread "boats" are filled with a sweet and savory apple and pork sausage gravy in this out-of-the-box breakfast idea your family will love.
Ingredients
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1 (16 ounce) loaf French bread
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1 (16 ounce) package bulk pork breakfast sausage (such as Jimmy Dean®)
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1 small apple - peeled, cored, and finely chopped
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1/3 cup all-purpose flour
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2 cups whole milk, or more to taste
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1 cup apple juice
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1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
Directions
1
Cut bread into six 4-inch pieces. Hollow out an oval shape in the top of each piece; scoop out some of the bread inside with your fingers or a spoon and discard. Set bread "boats" aside.
2
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and apple. Cook, breaking up sausage with a spoon, until crumbly and no longer pink, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle flour over the sausage mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until it has been absorbed by the fat, about 3 minutes.
3
Reduce heat to medium-low and gradually pour in 2 cups milk and apple juice; bring to a simmer. Stir and simmer until gravy thickens, 5 to 7 minutes. If gravy is too thick, add more milk to thin it out to your desired consistency. Stir in Dijon and season with salt and pepper.
4
Ladle the sausage gravy into the bread boats, allowing some to spill over the sides.