Vegan Sourdough Biscuits & Gravy with Mushroom Mince
I make Vegan Biscuits & Gravy with Mushroom Mince when I want homemade weekend comfort food. This recipe uses sourdough starter.
Servings 12 to biscuits with gravy and mushroom mince
Calories 223kcal
Ingredients
Sourdough Biscuits
- Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups 300 g all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup 113 g Earth Balance cold
- ½ cup 125 g active sourdough starter see notes below on how to activate starter
- ¾ teaspoon salt fine
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Vegan Buttermilk for Biscuits
- 3/4 cup + 2 TBSPs ~210 grams oat or almond milk
- 1 TBSP lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
Gravy
- 3 TBSPs Earth Balance
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 TBSP flour sub 1-to-1 gluten-free flour if gluten-free; Almond flour will not work
- 1 & 1/2 cups mushroom broth more to thin gravy if desired
- 1/2 cup vegan yogurt I use Kite Hill Plain Unsweetened Almond
- 1/2 teaspoon salt to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper to taste
- 1 TBSP unfortified nutritional yeast less if using fortified
Mushroom Mince
- 3/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon salt to taste start with less if salt sensitive
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 portobello mushrooms minced; I do this in the food processor
- 1 TBSP Earth Balance or oil optional
Instructions
Sourdough Biscuits
Day 1
- Noon: Activate starter, this usually takes 6 – 12 hours. To activate the starter add 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup flour. You can also add a pinch of sugar to jumpstart activation, just don't over do it. Stir and it will get bubbly and grow. The starter is ready to use when it's 50% to 100% larger. Read more about this and how to do a spoon test here.
- 9 PM: Make the Vegan Buttermilk by stirring lemon juice or apple cider vinegar into plant milk and letting it sit for 10 – 30 minutes. It will curdle.
- Measure the flour into a mixing bowl using a zeroed-out food scale if you have one. Grate the Earth Balance stick into the mixing bowl of flour.
- Use a spatula or a fork to cut the cold Earth Balance into the flour until it forms small, pea-sized crumbles.
- Add active sourdough starter, Vegan Buttermilk, salt & sugar and stir with a stiff spatula until fully combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, cheesecloth, or a thin, clean, non-fuzzy kitchen towel and let it sit on the counter for 10-12 hours.
Day 2
- 9 AM: Generously flour your work surface and turn the dough out onto it.
- Flour the top of the dough and use your hands to press it into an oval shape, about 1 inch in thickness.
- Use a biscuit cutter (see notes for options) to cut biscuits, pressing straight down and pulling straight up. Do not twist the cutter as it will seal the edges and interfere with the biscuits ability to rise. Press down, then wiggle it a little if needed and pull straight up, just don't twist.
- Fold together and press out the remaining scrap dough and cut out one more round of biscuits.
- Place the cut biscuits 1/4 – 1/2 inch apart in a cast iron skillet or on a baking sheet or combination of both. I usually cut all of the biscuits and put 6-7 in a ~12" cast iron skillet and freeze the rest of the cut biscuits in a freezer bag. When I'm feeding more peeps I bake all of the biscuits.
- Let the cut biscuits rise in the cast iron or on the baking sheets for 60 – 90 minutes. Preheat your oven to 400°F (204°C). I let them sit on the oven while it preheats.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the tops are golden. While the biscuits are in the oven make the gravy and mushroom mince.
Gravy
- Melt Earth Balance in a large skillet or pan over medium heat. Then whisk in onion powder, garlic powder, and flour. Let it bubble, whisking occasionally for a few minutes to remove any floury taste.
- Add broth, salt, pepper, and nutritional yeast. Whisk until smooth. Whisk in yogurt and reduce to low heat.
- Adjust consistency to preference with more broth. Season to taste. Serve & Enjoy!
Mushroom Mince
- Wipe down mushrooms with a damp paper towel, cut off ends of stems and tear or cut into large pieces and place into the food processor. Process until uniformly minced, a few bigger pieces are fine.
- Heat Earth Balance and add minced mushrooms. Sprinkle with poultry seasoning, salt & pepper. Sauté and let rest & sear over medium-high to high heat until the mushrooms shrink and dry out, creating a clumpy, sausage-like texture. Taste and add more seasonings if desired.
To Serve
- Plate biscuits and gravy, then top with mushroom mince. Serve & Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition Information is approximate.
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Multi-task
You can cook the Creamy Vegan Biscuit Gravy & Mushroom Mince while the biscuits are in the oven. I usually prep the gravy ingredients and put them on one side of the stove. Then I mince the mushrooms in the food processor two at a time & measure the spices and set the mushroom stuff together on the other side of the stove. Lastly, I get my gravy and mushroom mince pans out before putting the biscuits in the oven.Biscuits
Timing: Please adjust the timeline on the recipe to your schedule. Altitude: This recipe was adapted from a non-vegan recipe by Amy & Mike at Little Spoon Farm who live near the foothills of Tennessee mountains. I think it’s safe to assume it was not a high-altitude recipe. I’m in Denver, a mile high and I suspect this recipe adaptation works well in drier areas and varied altitudes. Climate: When or baking in warm or high-humidity areas you may need increase the plant milk and bake a little longer. It make take a few batches to find the perfect balance for your neck of the woods. Don’t do the twist: When cutting biscuits Do not twist the biscuit cutter when cutting out the biscuits. The twisting motion will seal the edges, making it harder for them to rise. Biscuit cutter options: If you have a can opener that removes the seal and doesn’t cut the can creating sharp edges, you can make a biscuit cutter from a small can. I used a small Chipotle Peppers in Adobo can to make mine. It measures ~2.75″ across. You could also use a small jar or glass. If you have actual biscuit cutters or fun-shaped cookie-cutters, you might want to use those. Weigh or measure the flour: I use this food scale. If you don’t have a food scale, use a spoon to fluff up the flour in the bag. Then spoon the flour into a measuring cup until it is heaped on top. Level the top off with a butterknife. No grater? No problem: If you don’t have a grater, the cold Earth Balance can be cut into small cubes, then use a pastry cutter or a fork to cut the Earth Balance into the flour. You can also use your hands to rub the Earth Balance cubes into the flour. Cast iron skillet or baking sheet? I prefer using a cast iron skillet or two, if I am bake all of the biscuits at once and not freezing any. However, a baking sheet works just fine. Either way, arrange the biscuits so there is about 1/4 – 1/2 inch of space between each biscuit. Easy freeze biscuit dough: To freeze some or all of the biscuits, just cut the dough into biscuits and carefully place them in one layer, into a freezer bag or freezer-safe air-tight container. I bake them within a month’s time when I do this. No need to thaw, just place them on to the skillet or baking sheet and bake from frozen. If using cast iron you may want to place a baking sheet under the cast iron skillet because sometimes frozen biscuits over cook on the bottom from frozen. For safety purposes, place the baking sheet in the oven first and then add the cast iron to it. Avoid lifting the baking sheet with the cast iron on top of the baking sheet.Gravy
Nutrition
Serving: 12to 14 biscuits with gravy & mushroom mince | Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 442mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 439IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 2mg