You won’t be able to say no to these biscuits featuring Noble Premium Bison by chef Liana Robberecht. You will need a mini muffin tin to make these, but since they’re mini, you can eat many. The recipe has a few steps—you can make the pastry while the bison mixture is chilling after the first step, then pop the pastry into the fridge while you finish the bison mixture.
Noble Premium Bison Cheesy Buttermilk Biscuit Bites
Bison Mixture
| 1 package | Noble Premium Bison (454g, approx 2 cups) |
| 1 t | Chinese 5 spice |
| 3 T | smoked paprika |
| 1T | brown sugar |
| 1T | liquid smoke |
| 2 T | Sambal Chili |
| 2 T | Chipotle Tabasco |
| dash | salt and pepper, for bison seasoning |
| ½ | onion chopped in small dice |
| ¼ c | finely chopped green onion |
| 4 T | roasted garlic |
| ½ c | peeled, fresh Ambrosia apple, chopped in very small dice |
| 2 c | grated cheddar cheese, ½ c reserved |
| 2 T | maple syrup |
| 1 | egg yolk |
Sauté onion and garlic until soft and caramelized. Transfer to a mixing bowl and mix together bison, all the spices and the Tabasco sauce. Par-cook in a non-stick pan over medium heat, until about half of the way done. When cool, transfer into a mixing bowl. Add the diced apple, green onions, 1½ cup grated cheese, maple syrup and egg yolk. Mix together until bison is blended well, then divide the mixture into 4 equal parts.
Buttermilk Pastry
| 4 c | flour |
| 2 T | baking powder |
| 1 t | salt |
| 2/3 c | cold butter (chopped into small pea size) |
| ¼ c | chopped fresh parsley (dried is fine) |
| buttermilk, add enough to make the dough start with ½ cup |
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add the pieces of cold butter and the chopped parsley. Stir in buttermilk, just enough for dough to come together. Add it slowly and only enough for the dough to form a ball, you may or may not need all of the buttermilk. Divide the dough into 4 and chill.
Assembly
Roll out each of the four pieces of dough to ¼ inch sheets. Spread ¼ of the bison mixture over each sheet evenly. Starting from one end, roll over once to form tight log shape but only until the dough meets dough again. Cut it here with a knife. You should have 2 logs from each sheet (8 logs in total). Cut each log into slices and place into mini muffin tin. Press each piece down slightly and top with cheese.
Bake in preheated oven at 400F for 12 minutes.
Drizzle with melted butter and maple syrup as soon as removed from oven. Makes 6 dozen mini biscuits.