Biscuit Crust Recipes

BISQUICK® PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Mix baking mix and butter together in a small bowl. Add water, stirring vigorously, until a soft dough forms.
• Press dough into a 9-inch pie plate using floured hands.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool completely; fill with desired filling.

BASIC BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a large mixing bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with fork or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Pour milk into flour mixture while stirring with a fork. Mix in milk until dough is soft, moist and pulls away from the side of the bowl.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and toss with flour until no longer sticky. Roll dough out into a 1/2 inch thick sheet and cut with a floured biscuit or cookie cutter. Press together unused dough and repeat rolling and cutting procedure.
• Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheets and bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

EASY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times. Pat dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter., Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

TURKEY POTPIE WITH A BISCUIT CRUST

Steps:

• To make the filling: In a large (14-inch) ovenproof skillet, melt the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add the bell pepper, onion, carrot, and garlic and saute until soft.
• Stir in the peas, corn and thyme. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and then add the chicken broth and cream. Stir to distribute the flour and the liquids. Simmer until the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes. Stir in the turkey and add salt and pepper to taste. Set the mixture aside to cool slightly.
• To make the biscuit top crust: In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Whisk for thirty seconds to combine and evenly distribute the leavening. Add the shortening and butter and toss to coat the fat a bit with the flour. Using your fingertips, gently work the fats into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal with some pea-size chunks of fat.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg, and add this to the flour mixture. Stir together with a wooden spoon. Then, gently work through the mixture with your hands to separate any wet patches and bring the dough together.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface, sprinkle with the minced thyme and knead gently until it just holds together. Pat it into a rough 1/2-inch-tall disk and cut it into 7 biscuits using a 3-inch round biscuit cutter. (Bake off the scraps and use for croutons in the Broccoli Salad recipe.)
• To assemble: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Top the filling in the skillet with the biscuit rounds. Brush the tops with egg wash and sprinkle them with sea salt.
• Bake the potpie for 25 to 30 minutes, until the filling is bubbling and the biscuits are golden brown.

CHICKEN POT PIE WITH BISCUIT CRUST

Steps:

• Crust: This is for just a top crust.
• if you would like a top and bottom, double the recipe.
• Combine dry ingredients and cut in butter until it resembles small peas.
• Add milk all at one and stir just to moisten.
• Pour out onto a floured surface and knead about 8 times.
• Roll into desired shape, depending if you are using a round or square casserole dish.
• If you are making two crusts, make sure you roll the bottom one larger.
• Filling: Melt butter over low heat in a large saucepan.
• Stir in flour, chopped onions, salt and pepper.
• Cook until mixture is bubbly, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and whisk in broth and milk.
• Put back over heat and heat to boiling, stirring constantly for a couple minutes, until thickened.
• (YOU CAN IGNORE THE ABOVE IF YOU HAVE ABOUT 2 CUPS OF LEFTOVER GRAVY--JUST HEAT IT UP IN A SAUCEPAN).
• Add chicken and frozen peas and carrots into the mixture and combine.
• Remove from heat.
• Putting it together: Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Pour chicken mixture into 2 quart casserole (lined with one crust if you want a bottom crust).
• Lay crust over mixture and press into the inside edges of dish.
• Make a couple slits in the center of crust with a sharp knife.
• If you are doing a top and bottom crust, crimp edges to seal.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, until golden brown.

BISCUIT CRUST

Steps:

• In a medium bowl whisk together flour, salt and baking powder.
• Cut in the butter to resemble coarse cornmeal.
• Add the milk and quickly stir to gather dough into a ball.
• Gently, on a lightly floured board roll out to fit the pie plate or top of a deep dish pie.
• **Ifyou need this partially baked roll the biscuit dough 1/4 inch thick, place lined pie plate/dish in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes, fill and continue recipe for pie.

BISCUIT CRUMB BASE

Steps:

• Put the biscuits into a food processor and blitz them until you have fine crumbs
• Alternatively, place the biscuits in a freezer bag or between a clean tea-towel on a flat surface and crush them using a rolling pin
• Place the crumb in a glass bowl and add the melted butter mix well to completely combine
• Line the bottom of a 23cm spring-form tin with baking parchment and put the biscuit mix in, press it down using the back of a spoon or a flat weight (the bottom of a heavy glass always works well) to get a flat even surface
• Place in the fridge to cool and set for at least 30 minutes

TURKEY POTPIE WITH CHEDDAR BISCUIT CRUST

Steps:

• Make stock:
• Separate parts of carcass and put, along with skin, in an 8-quart pot. Cover bones with water and simmer until liquid is reduced by one third, about 1 1/2 hours. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl. Set aside 3 1/2 cups stock (reserve remainder for another use).
• Make filling:
• Cook onion, carrots, celery, parsnip, and thyme in butter with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a 12-inch-wide shallow pot (3- to 4-quart), covered, over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are almost tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, uncovered, stirring, until tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Sprinkle with flour and cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Stir in stock (3 1/2 cups), scraping up any brown bits, and bring to a boil, stirring, then simmer until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir in turkey, peas, and salt and pepper to taste. Reheat over low heat just before topping with biscuit crust.
• Make biscuit crust and bake pie:
• Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pepper into a medium bowl. Add cheeses and toss to coat. Blend in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk and stir just until a dough forms. Drop biscuit dough onto filling in 8 large mounds, leaving spaces between biscuits.
• Bake until biscuits are puffed and golden brown and filling is bubbling, 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

SAUSAGE AND GRAVY PIE WITH BISCUIT CRUST

Steps:

• Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9-inch pie plate, including the lip, with butter.
• Gently roll each piece of biscuit dough out to about two times its original size. Stretch and press the biscuit dough, one piece at a time, into the pie plate, until you have covered the bottom and sides, pinching together the seams where pieces meet. Prick the bottom with a fork many times. Bake, until the sides are lightly browned and the bottom forms a crust, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and let cool. Leave the oven on.
• Meanwhile, heat the butter in a large skillet over medium heat and add the sausage. Cook, stirring and breaking the sausage up with a wooden spoon, until browned and cooked through, about 6 minutes. Pour off any excess grease and add the half-and-half to the pan, scraping up any bits that may have stuck to the bottom. Remove from the heat.
• Whisk the egg and egg yolk together in a medium bowl and slowly add the sausage mixture in batches, whisking constantly, to incorporate. Stir in the scallions and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and a generous 1/4 teaspoon black pepper.
• Scatter the cheese over the biscuit crust, pressing the cheese over any holes that may have formed during baking. Pour the sausage custard over the cheese and bake until the custard is set, 18 to 20 minutes. Serve hot.