Sentence examples for gravy making from inspiring English sources

Everything on top of that would be gravy, making Mr. Parsons's first year on the job much easier.

But, in its short entry on this culinary curiosity from across the Channel, Larousse Gastronomique observes there are two main schools of gravy making – those who add flour to the roasting tin to make a roux – a thickening agent made of flour and fat – with the dripping and juices produced by the joint, and those who deglaze the tin with alcohol or a little stock before adding more liquid.

I always find gravy made from the beef or lamb pan a bit disappointing.

I hear the word and imagine a pale gravy, made by hand, with lumps in it.

About.com offers a similar Basic Vegetarian Gravy made with margarine and vegetable stock as well as a Vegetarian Mushroom Gravy recipe.

Around midnight, when Flex went off the air, Gravy made his way back down to the lobby, and found that the police hadn't left.

Finally, the turkey is roasted for five hours, during which time it must be basted every 15 minutes with a gravy made using giblets, liver and heart.

The butter can be replaced by duck or goose fat, or olive oil, but the gravy (made from pan drippings) will need to be adjusted.

We'd have it with my granny's Yorkshire puddings, proper gravy – made with Bisto and Marmite – apple sauce and all the trimmings.

For example, my chicken gravy, made with sweet vermouth when I had no dry white wine to hand, was vile – I really should have known better.

It is key to the bone-warming joy of gravy made from good stock, meat juices and caramelised meat and veg.