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Proper roast-dinner gravy from meat juices

The Sunday gravy, made in the tin while the joint rests

The full method for roast-dinner gravy made from the juices in the tin, with a vegetable trivet, a wine deglaze and a strained finish.

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Types of gravy
Beef, onion, sausage, red-eye, vegan — every gravy on its own page.
16 pages
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Recipes
Everyday gravy, roast-dinner gravy, make-ahead, gluten-free and large-batch.
12 pages
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Techniques
Roux, deglazing, reducing, thickening and rescuing a gravy that has gone wrong.
14 pages
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Gravy by food
What to pour over beef, chicken, sausages, chips, pies and biscuits.
14 pages
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Christmas
The best time of year where everyone has a roast on the 25th
6 pages
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Pie gravy
The gravy inside the pastry, and the pies built around it.
6 pages
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Regional traditions
British roast gravy, chip-shop gravy, poutine, red-eye and brun sås.
10 pages
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British Indian restaurant
Base gravy, mix powder and the curry-house system built on them.
8 pages
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History
From medieval 'grané' to Bisto: how gravy became a national habit.
13 pages
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Ingredients
Stocks, bones, onions, wine, browning, flour and everything else in the jug.
25 pages
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Food additives
Additives and E numbers in ultra processed gravy products
2 pages
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Kitchen science
Starch, gelatin, emulsions, Maillard browning and why resting meat matters.
9 pages
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Mother sauces
As defined originally by Auguste Escoffier, the French chef and restaurateur who professionalised hotel cookery
7 pages
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World records
Guinness titles, three tonnes of poutine and a £8,195 pie.
7 pages
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Reviews & comparisons
Granules, stock cubes, supermarket gravies, separators and gravy boats.
8 pages
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Disasters
Recalls, contamination, spoilage and the time Britain ran out.
5 pages
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About Gravypedia
Who writes this, how pages are sourced and how to reach the editors.
6 pages

💡 Did you know…

  • In March 2018, KFC ran short of gravy across the United Kingdom, following the chicken supply crisis that had already closed hundreds of its restaurants. (The great gravy drought)
  • The word “gravy” most likely entered English through a misreading of the Old French grané as granè or gravé — a copying error that stuck and became a national dish. (Origins of the word “gravy”)
  • German roast gravy — Bratensoße — is a close relative of British gravy, sometimes thickened with bread or gingerbread and often given a sweet-sour edge. (German and central European gravies)
  • Gravy browning — caramelised sugar dissolved in water — was a Victorian solution to pale gravy, and remains a British store-cupboard fixture. (The invention of gravy browning)

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