How to Make Gravy

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Category
Turkey
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Cusine
American
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
Salt
Butter
Water
Milk
Pepper
Cornstarch
Flour
Can
Juice
Cream
Ice
Directions
Remove the roast from the pan. Remove excess fat leaving 4 Tbsp of fat plus juices and browned drippings in the pan.
Use a metal spatula to scrape up any drippings that are sticking to the pan. Place the pan on the stovetop on medium high heat. 4 Tbsp flour onto the drippings. Quickly stir with a wire whisk so that the flour gets incorporated into the drippings. Let the flour brown a bit if you want, before adding liquid in the next step. (You can also start with a slurry of flour and water if you want.
Slowly add stock, water, milk, cream, or a combination to the pan, whisking vigorously to dissolve the flour into liquid.
Allow the gravy to simmer and thicken, and continue to slowly add liquid until you have about 2 cups of gravy. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Remove the roast from the roasting pan. Pour off all but 4 Tbsp of the fat in the pan. If you don't have enough fat in the pan, add butter so that you have at least 4 Tbsp of fat in the pan.
While the pan is still warm, scrape the bottom of the pan with a metal spatula to loosen any browned drippings that might be stuck to the bottom of the pan. Place the pan on the stovetop on medium heat. If you are using a roasting pan that won't work well on the stovetop, scrape up all of the drippings and fat and put into a large shallow sauté pan.
Dissolve 4 Tbsp of cornstarch in the minimum amount of water needed to make a thin paste - about 1/2 cup. Pour the cornstarch slurry into the pan with drippings and use a wire whisk to blend into the drippings.
Stir with a wire whisk until the gravy begins to thicken. As the gravy thickens, slowly add stock, water, milk, or cream, or some combination to the pan .
Alternate stirring and adding liquid, maintaining the consistency you want, for several minutes .
You will probably add about 3 to 4 cups of liquid all together. Taking into consideration the evaporation that is occurring while the gravy is simmering, you will end up with about 2 cups of gravy.
If the gravy isn't thick enough, make more cornstarch slurry and whisk it into the pan. Season to taste with salt and pepper.