These southern ham biscuits are given a unique Mediterranean twist with the addition of olives and feta cheese. Whether you eat them for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, you’re sure to enjoy these flavorful crumbly and buttery biscuit sandwiches.

Sometimes you just need some good ol’ comfort food, whether it’s because your cat is being a complete whackjob, you’ve had a bad day at work, or your B.O.B. Bob has once again forgotten to take out the trash. Yes y’all, we did have that discussion/fight again this week. Sure he does his manly duty each week by taking the trash and recycling bins out to the street on their appropriate days, but I’d seriously love it if he could or would actually take the trash out of the house every once and a while when it is practically overflowing and smelling like a full-on junkyard.

Anyway, when it comes to good ol’ comfort food, it doesn’t get much better than yummy Southern ham biscuits. Unless, of course, you add some olives and feta cheese into those scrumptious little ham biscuits to give them a little extra Mediterranean kick. Oh man, now we’re talking. Buttery, crumbly, olive-filled, slightly salty, cheesy, amazingly yummy-in-the-tummy ham biscuits. I guarantee that they’ll pretty much make anyone’s day better. Now, if only I could get them to take out the trash. Wouldn’t that be nice?

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 2 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
• 4 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1/2 Cup Butter, Cold
• 1/4 Cup Green Olives, Chopped
• 1/4 Cup Kalamata Olives, Chopped
• 1/2 Cup Feta Cheese, Crumbled
• 1 1/4 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Thinly Sliced Ham Luncheon Meat

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
3. Cut the cold butter into very small pieces and add it to the flour mixture. Use a pastry cutter or a fork to cut the butter into the flour for approximately 2 minutes.
4. Stir the olives and feta into the flour mixture.
5. Add the cream and stir to combine.
6. Form the dough into a ball and place into on a floured surface. Pat the dough down until it is approximately 1-inch thick. Use a lightly floured biscuit cutter, glass, or cookie cutter to cut the dough into circles. Place the biscuits onto a Silpat or parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Roll any scraps back together and repeat the cutting process until all of the dough is gone.
7. Bake for 12 to 16 minutes, or until done. Brush with olive oil immediately after removing from the oven.
8. Allow to cool slightly and then serve sliced in half with ham.

Suggestions:

• Before adding the olives to the flour mixture, dry them on several paper towels to remove any excess liquid.
• I suggest that you avoid using pre-crumbled feta in this recipe; it is drier and of a lesser quality.
• If desired, garnish the top of each biscuit with additional olives and cheese before baking.
• The baking time for these biscuits will depend on how thick your dough is and how large you make your biscuits. I baked mine on the top rack of my oven for 8 minutes and then lowered them to the bottom rack of my oven for an additional 6 minutes.
• This recipe will yield approximately 8 biscuits.

Improvements:

• Add dry or fresh basil and oregano to the biscuit dough.
• Replace the ham with prosciutto or country ham.
• Add a slice of cheese or tomato to this biscuit.

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Olive & Feta Cheese Ham Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 2 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
• 4 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1/2 Cup Butter, Cold
• 1/4 Cup Green Olives, Chopped
• 1/4 Cup Kalamata Olives, Chopped
• 1/2 Cup Feta Cheese, Crumbled
• 1 1/4 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Thinly Sliced Ham Luncheon Meat

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
3. Cut the cold butter into very small pieces and add it to the flour mixture. Use a pastry cutter or a fork to cut the butter into the flour for approximately 2 minutes.
4. Stir the olives and feta into the flour mixture.
5. Add the cream and stir to combine.
6. Form the dough into a ball and place into on a floured surface. Pat the dough down until it is approximately 1-inch thick. Use a lightly floured biscuit cutter, glass, or cookie cutter to cut the dough into circles. Place the biscuits onto a Silpat or parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Roll any scraps back together and repeat the cutting process until all of the dough is gone.
7. Bake for 12 to 16 minutes, or until done. Brush with olive oil immediately after removing from the oven.
8. Allow to cool slightly and then serve sliced in half with ham.

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