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