Gravy recipes (hot sauces)

If you're planning a holiday menu and want to free up your hands by making something in advance, consider making turkey gravy. You can pour it into a bag and freeze it, and after defrosting, it...

Thanks to two secret techniques, this chicken turns out super crispy on the outside and juicy and flavorful on the inside. First, before roasting, the chicken is rubbed with a dry marinade made with brown sugar and...

This light gravy, made with several types of mushrooms, vegetable broth, and just a couple of tablespoons of dry red wine, is incredibly aromatic and rich in flavor. It'll be loved by everyone...

This creamy mushroom gravy is perfect with mashed potatoes, roast turkey, or even meatloaf. Use several types of mushrooms for a rich, flavorful gravy...

While your holiday turkey is roasting, prepare the most delicious gravy to go with it. It gets its rich flavor from a homemade broth made from giblets, onions, and fresh aromatic herbs, and...

Instead of a whole turkey, roast the meatiest and most delicious part—the breast—in the oven. The dish will look just as festive, but it'll take much less time than a whole bird, plus...

This vegan sauce will delight you with its umami flavor. Umami is the Japanese term for the fifth taste (along with salty, spicy, sour, and sweet). To achieve this effect, vegetables are used in the sauce...

Even though this Bolognese sauce is quick to prepare, its flavor is incredibly rich and intense, as if it's been simmering on the stove for hours. All thanks to its secret ingredients:...

After roasting your holiday turkey in the oven, don't drain the rich juices from the roasting pan. They contain a lot of concentrated flavor—the perfect base for a wonderful gravy! Reduce them with a little dry...

Enjoy a true French sauce in all its glory. Demi-glace sauce is made with a broth of roasted beef bones, red wine, mirepoix (a sautéed mixture of onions, carrots,...

To make this quick and delicious gravy, you don't have to wait for a special occasion to use the rendered fat from roasting holiday meats. It's made with beef...

After roasting a ham in the oven, rendered juices and fat remain in the bottom of the roasting pan. This often-underrated part of your roast is a true concentrate of flavor that makes a wonderful base for...

After roasting a beautiful turkey, use the remaining giblets (neck, liver, gizzard, heart) to make a delicious gravy for your holiday dinner. The base of the gravy will be fatty, but...

This gravy is made with the fat left over from frying ground pork sausages. Besides the meat, the only other ingredients are flour and milk. A roux is made from the fat and flour, and then the milk is added, which...

This is a traditional French sautéed mixture of flour and fat, used to thicken many sauces and gravies. You can use butter or, if available,...

This thick and rich meat sauce will complement not only spaghetti but any pasta. The ingredients listed in this recipe make a large batch, some of which you can freeze if...

Mole poblano is a traditional Mexican sauce from the state of Puebla, after which it takes its name. The sauce boasts a complex and multifaceted flavor, and its ingredients seem to be numerous...

Marsala sauce is a great complement to beef, lamb, pork, or poultry. It consists of onion, garlic, sliced ​​mushrooms, a little flour for thickening, beef broth, and the most important ingredient...

Instead of traditional beef, this meat sauce uses ground turkey. Bolognese is healthier while retaining the same flavor everyone loves, because in addition to the ground turkey, it also contains...

Make a delicious, filling breakfast with warm buns drizzled with a rich, meaty gravy. The base of the gravy is raw pork breakfast sausages. Remove the casings and fry them in pieces...

Decorate your holiday table with a huge, golden-brown turkey, fragrant with herbs, apples, citrus, and garlic. All these ingredients are stuffed into the bird's cavity before roasting and...

As the turkey roasts on the grill, all the rendered juices and fat drip into the roasting pan. Don't throw them away; instead, use them as a base for a delicious gravy, which can also be...

Spanish romesco sauce is traditionally served with fish and seafood, but it's also great with other meat and vegetable dishes, or simply for dipping. It contains hazelnuts, almonds, bread with...

In Italian cuisine, ragù is often used with pasta. This simple dish, featuring chicken in tomato sauce, is easy to make even for a novice cook. To make this ragù, use chicken thighs, which have more...

Demi-glace is a rich, dark sauce traditional in French cuisine. It's made with espagnole sauce—a basic French sauce—and seasoned beef or chicken broth. The whole...

To make this gravy, you don't even need to roast the meat or chicken to take advantage of its delicious juices. It can be made with any fat you have on hand. This could be lard,...

Espagnole sauce is one of the five basic sauces of classic French cuisine. It is typically served with meat dishes or used in the preparation of another demi-glace sauce. Espagnole is made from...

Learn the simple steps to making a butter and flour roux—it'll add depth, vibrant color, and, most importantly, gumbo flavor to your soups and sauces.

This rich meat sauce is well worth becoming your regular Sunday dinner. Its amazing flavor is achieved by cooking several types of meat in a tomato sauce...

This tomato-and-meat sauce is known among Italians living on the East Coast of the United States as Sunday gravy. The name stems from tradition. It's on the last day of the week that Italians...

Tomato sauce is typically eaten with meat and vegetables, but it's especially popular as a pasta sauce. Tomatoes have a rich flavor, high water content, and soft flesh, making them...

Classic Bolognese sauce, or Ragù alla Bolognese as it's called in Italy, is a meat ragù served with lasagna or pasta. It makes the dish very filling and incredibly delicious.

Italian marinara sauce (or sailor's sauce) was invented by Neapolitan sailors in the mid-16th century, when tomatoes had already been brought to Europe from the New World. Sailors discovered that thanks to...

Béchamel, also known as white sauce, was invented in the 17th century during the reign of King Louis XIV and is one of the staple sauces of French cuisine. According to the classic recipe...

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Italian cuisine? Probably pizza, pasta, and maybe lasagna. And of course, the most traditional sauce—Bolognese. A simple combination of tomatoes and...

Hot sauce is an essential ingredient in the popular Mexican snack enchilada, which is made with a thin corn tortilla. Enchiladas can be filled with meat, vegetables, or eggs. Following this...

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The dish, seasoned with gravy, will acquire a rich taste....

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