This is a surefire Southern way to use leftover ham and either leftover or freshly baked biscuits. Sometimes the biscuits are large and the ham pieces merely roughly cut chunks. In this recipe the biscuits are made the size of silver dollars, the ham is thinly sliced and neatly trimmed, and the biscuits are served with tiny dollops of spicy mustard and freshly grated horseradish. Voilà! The "grab 'em and go" breakfast treat that has been imitated by many popular food chains is transmuted into an elegant hors d'oeuvre. Large or small, they're mighty good eating.
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Silver dollar - size biscuits are the quintessential African-American breakfast bread. They can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Recipe information
Yield
Makes about 20 ham biscuits
Ingredients
SILVER DOLLAR SIZED BISCUITS
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Step 2
In a bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar and with a fork or pastry blender blend in lard until mixture resembles course meal. Add milk, a little at a time, stirring until dough just pulls away from side of bowl.
Step 3
Roll out dough 1/2 inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut out biscuits with a 1 1/2-inch round cutter and transfer to an ungreased baking sheet. Reroll scraps and cut out more biscuits in same manner.
Step 4
Bake biscuits in middle of oven until pale golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Makes 20 silver dollar-size biscuits.
Step 5
Split biscuits in half and spread lightly with mustard and horseradish. Put ham between biscuit halves.
