| Gravy is a thickened sauce, usually made from a | | | | This is a Southern U.S. dish, usually served on meat, |
| base of extracts that run from meat and/or | | | | and not at all like Italian tomato sauces. |
| vegetables during cooking. Recently, extracts have | | | | Vegetarian Gravy is gravy made using Stock cubes |
| tended to be bought in the form of ready made | | | | that are vegetarian, requiring Corn flour as the base |
| cubes and powders. Gravy is most commonly served | | | | for thickening (Cowboy Roux), and boiling water as |
| with a Roast dinner, or Sunday roasts or with | | | | the 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 a | | | | dark green colour. |
| roux (a mixture of animal fat and flour, corn starch, | | | | Cuisines |
| or arrowroot). The liquids from cooked meat, or the | | | | A popular American dish is mashed potatoes and |
| liquids from dissolved bouillon cubes (US)/stock cubes | | | | gravy. Gravy is also commonly eaten with meat, |
| (UK) are added gradually to the mixture, while | | | | American style biscuits, Yorkshire pudding, and |
| continually stirring to ensure that it mixes properly | | | | stuffing. 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 the | | | | and gravy is seen as a popular northern dish. It is also |
| roux may be omitted as part of the base due to its | | | | common with traditional "Sunday Roast". British gravy |
| saturated fat content, it is generally replaced with | | | | is renowned for its thickness. Gravy is an integral part |
| Corn flour alone (see Cowboy Roux), or is | | | | of 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 chicken | | | | gravy. This is a result of multiple types of meat |
| added when it is to be served with those types of | | | | including 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 most | | | | along with the tomatoes, herbs, spices, olive oil and |
| often it is simply meat drippings to which white flour | | | | red wine. To those who use this expression, the |
| has been added. This may also be known as country | | | | mixing of the juices during the slow cooking process |
| gravy or sawmill gravy. Sometimes little bits of meat | | | | is 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 of | | | | also likely that the Italian word salsa (which includes a |
| ham fried in a skillet. The pan is deglazed with coffee | | | | variety of things anglophones call sauces, including |
| or water. Coffee is the traditional method. A small | | | | marinara) actually more literally translates as gravy. |
| amount of sugar is often added also. This gravy is a | | | | In many parts of Asia, particularly India, Malaysia and |
| staple of Southern U.S. cuisine and is usually served | | | | Singapore, 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 canned | | | | part of a thick curry may be referred to as gravy. |
| tomatoes, flour, and usually a small amount of fat. | | | | |