British sauces

Gravy is a thickened sauce, usually made from aThis is a Southern U.S. dish, usually served on meat,
base of extracts that run from meat and/orand not at all like Italian tomato sauces.
vegetables during cooking. Recently, extracts haveVegetarian Gravy is gravy made using Stock cubes
tended to be bought in the form of ready madethat are vegetarian, requiring Corn flour as the base
cubes and powders. Gravy is most commonly servedfor thickening (Cowboy Roux), and boiling water as
with a Roast dinner, or Sunday roasts or withthe mixing agent. Sometimes juices from the
mashed or other popular types of potatoes.vegetables are added, this may make the gravy a
Thickened gravies are usually made starting with adark green colour.
roux (a mixture of animal fat and flour, corn starch,Cuisines
or arrowroot). The liquids from cooked meat, or theA popular American dish is mashed potatoes and
liquids from dissolved bouillon cubes (US)/stock cubesgravy. Gravy is also commonly eaten with meat,
(UK) are added gradually to the mixture, whileAmerican style biscuits, Yorkshire pudding, and
continually stirring to ensure that it mixes properlystuffing. One Southern American variation is chocolate
and the thickener doesn't clump. Sometimes,gravy eaten with American biscuits. In the UK, chips
especially in more recent times, the animal fat in theand gravy is seen as a popular northern dish. It is also
roux may be omitted as part of the base due to itscommon with traditional "Sunday Roast". British gravy
saturated fat content, it is generally replaced withis renowned for its thickness. Gravy is an integral part
Corn flour alone (see Cowboy Roux), or isof the Canadian dish Poutine.
sometimes omitted entirely.Italian-Americans of southern Italian extraction often
Types of Gravy (Western)refer to thick tomato sauce served over pasta as
Giblet gravy has the giblets of turkey or chickengravy. This is a result of multiple types of meat
added when it is to be served with those types ofincluding meatballs, sweet or hot Italian Sausage and
poultry.Bresaola being cooked for many hours in the mixture
White gravy may contain milk or cream but mostalong with the tomatoes, herbs, spices, olive oil and
often it is simply meat drippings to which white flourred wine. To those who use this expression, the
has been added. This may also be known as countrymixing of the juices during the slow cooking process
gravy or sawmill gravy. Sometimes little bits of meatis what turns a straight tomato based Marinara Sauce
are mixed into the gravy.into a "gravy" with an unmistakable meat flavor. It is
Redeye gravy is a gravy made from the drippings ofalso likely that the Italian word salsa (which includes a
ham fried in a skillet. The pan is deglazed with coffeevariety of things anglophones call sauces, including
or water. Coffee is the traditional method. A smallmarinara) actually more literally translates as gravy.
amount of sugar is often added also. This gravy is aIn many parts of Asia, particularly India, Malaysia and
staple of Southern U.S. cuisine and is usually servedSingapore, the word "gravy" is used to refer to any
over ham, grits or biscuits.thickened liquid part of a dish. For example, the liquid
Tomato gravy is a gravy made from cannedpart of a thick curry may be referred to as gravy.
tomatoes, flour, and usually a small amount of fat.