These classic gravy recipes will enhance any dish on the table.
Gravy is to the main course what icing is to dessert. It can hide a multitude of errors, and properly done, it makes whatever was already good even better. Turkey or dressing a tad dry? Gravy will moisten it. Mashed potatoes taste a little flat? Gravy will add some umami. Green bean casserole a little sticky? A little gravy will loosen it up.
It is hard to go wrong with a traditional Giblet Gravy, pretty much the gold standard for Thanksgiving gravy. Make a simple stock from any turkey parts you are not roasting with the bird — neck, back, tail, wingtips, heart, gizzard (but not the liver, because it will cloud the stock) — or use store-bought. Make a roux, add the stock and perhaps some pan drippings (or not if you are making it in advance). Simmer, season and serve. Find more detailed instructions here.
Good Stuff Gravy simplifies that process and tastes just as good. The ingredients are essentially the same but rather than making a roux, you make a flour and butter paste and stir it into your simmering stock.
Vegan Double Mushroom Gravy uses dried porcini powder for extra flavor and as a thickener for the mushroom or vegetable stock. No flour, no butter, no roux. And LOTS of mushroom flavor.
Savory and full of flavor, a well-made gravy will enhance any component of your Thanksgiving meal, though for dessert, use icing instead.
Good Stuff Gravy
The turkey's offal provides all the flavor you need for the simplest Thanksgiving gravy in this quick and easy recipe. Perfect for serving over mashed potatoes too.
Time 50 minutes
Yields Makes 4 cups
Double Mushroom Gravy
Fresh and dried mushrooms simmered together with smoky bourbon give this gravy the depth that normally comes from meat.
Time 1 hour
Yields Makes about 4 cups
Giblet gravy
A stock made from the turkey neck, wingtips, tail, heart and gizzard is key for achieving rich turkey flavor and the proper gravy consistency.
Time 45 minutes
Yields Makes about 3 cups
