Throwdown Black Pepper Biscuits
Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay, 2008
Biscuits:
4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus 4 tablespoons, melted
1 1/2 cups cold buttermilk
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, not super fine and not coarse, somewhere in between
For the biscuits:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a food processor and pulse until ingredients are incorporated. Scatter the cold butter pieces over the top of the flour mixture and continue to combine until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the buttermilk and pulse until the mixture just begins to come together.
Scrape the dough onto a lightly flour counter. Pat the dough into a 10 by 12-inch rectangle about 3/4-inch thick. Use a 3-inch round cutter to cut out biscuits. Press together the scraps of dough, and repeat process. Place the biscuits on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper; brush the tops with cream and sprinkle with black pepper. Bake the biscuits for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush the tops with melted butter.
My notes: I used Pulgra unsalted butter, Rumford Baking Powder, and Ceresota AP Flour. I do like Alton Brown and have the biscuits just barely touch each other on a jelly roll pan, no parchment. I didn't put the melted butter on top when done, butter went inside of them when done. These biscuits rose to over 2" and were so light and flakey.
I just made a batch of these and they are Outstanding, and so easy to make.
Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay, 2008
Biscuits:
4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus 4 tablespoons, melted
1 1/2 cups cold buttermilk
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, not super fine and not coarse, somewhere in between
For the biscuits:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a food processor and pulse until ingredients are incorporated. Scatter the cold butter pieces over the top of the flour mixture and continue to combine until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the buttermilk and pulse until the mixture just begins to come together.
Scrape the dough onto a lightly flour counter. Pat the dough into a 10 by 12-inch rectangle about 3/4-inch thick. Use a 3-inch round cutter to cut out biscuits. Press together the scraps of dough, and repeat process. Place the biscuits on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper; brush the tops with cream and sprinkle with black pepper. Bake the biscuits for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush the tops with melted butter.
My notes: I used Pulgra unsalted butter, Rumford Baking Powder, and Ceresota AP Flour. I do like Alton Brown and have the biscuits just barely touch each other on a jelly roll pan, no parchment. I didn't put the melted butter on top when done, butter went inside of them when done. These biscuits rose to over 2" and were so light and flakey.
I just made a batch of these and they are Outstanding, and so easy to make.