Gravy
Ingredients
Directions
Add 1 pint of boiling water to each pound of meat.
Remove any scum that forms on the surface.
Add a little coarse sea salt.
Boil the gravy until it is reduced by half.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Meat
- Provides the main flavor and savory richness that the gravy carries.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavor and gelatin from the meat into a liquid that reduces into gravy.
The step that matters
Boil the gravy until it is reduced by half. Boiling evaporates water and concentrates the dissolved flavors and body. Stopping too early leaves the gravy thin and bland, while boiling too long can make it overly salty and sticky.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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