I'm having a love affair.

With garlic and rosemary. I absolutely could not live without these two ingredients. I'll use them quite often, so I hope you like these marvelous flavors!


Having gone to college in the South, I think I know biscuits. They just know how to make them down there. I think the first true biscuits I had were in the hills outside of Chattanooga, where my great aunt introduced me to "cat head biscuits" - so-called because they're about the size of cat heads. I adore this term - especially said in your best Paula Deen voice.


That being said, I put my own twist on these. Buttermilk biscuits are great. I think these are better.


The Food: Garlic and rosemary biscuits

The Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour
                               1/4 tsp. baking soda
                               4 tsp. baking powder
                               1 tsp. salt
                               1 tbsp. garlic powder
                               1/2 tbsp. minced rosemary
                               5 tbsp. butter, cubed
                               2 tbsp. shortening
                               1 cup buttermilk (or 1 tbsp. lemon juice added to one cup milk, let stand for 5 minutes)


The Directions: Combine all dry ingredients in large mixing bowl. Add 4 tbsp. butter and shortening, and work together by hand until the mixture resembles crumbs. Make a well in the middle of the bowl.

Slowly stir in the buttermilk just until dough forms. (It will be very sticky!) Form dough into a ball and turn over onto a floured surface. Press out with hands until about 3/4 inch thick.

Cut out using large round cookie cutter (I think mine was 3").  After first round of cuts, work scraps back together to get remaining 2-3 biscuits. This should yield 8 biscuits - plus one misshapen one that I chose not to picture!

Melt 1 tbsp. butter and brush top of biscuits with melted butter. Bake at 450 degrees for about 10-12 minutes, until golden brown on top. Let cool about 5 minutes and enjoy!

I had these last night with a leftover bowl of the Southwest Soup. But...this morning was a little magical. A couple fried eggs and some nice chunks of parmigiano-reggiano as a sandwich. Lorda grace, it was delicious!