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