What is the difference between white sauce and counrty gravy? Black pepper?!
What is the difference between white sauce and counrty gravy? Black pepper?
just wondering. I thought that the only difference is black pepper.
Answers:
I looked up several white gravy recipies as well as country to satisfy my curiousity as well. I think there is more of a difference that just pepper. Pan drippings from sausage, or hamburger, or even chicken are added to the white gravies whereas the country only calls for oil. Many of the white gravy recipes I came across call for half and half instead of milk. I have sent the recipies to you so that you might try to see which one you like best.
Country Gravy
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 cups milk
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Whisk in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until browned, about 10 minutes. Gradually stir in milk so that no lumps form, and continue cooking and stirring until thickened. If the gravy becomes too thick, you may thin it with a little more milk.
Creamy White Gravy
Skim fat from drippings. Reserve 3 tablespoons of the drippings in skillet. In a screw-top jar combine 3/4 cup milk, 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper; cover and shake until well combined. Add to skillet. Stir in an additional 1 cup milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. (If desired, thin with additional milk.) Makes about 1-3/4 cups.
White Gravy with Sausage
4 tbsp. butter or margarine
4 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 dash pepper
2 cups milk
1 lb. sausage
Prepare medium white sauce. In small saucepan melt the butter or margarine. Add milk all at once, cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1-2 minutes more. Cook 1 pound of sausage in a frying pan. Add to the white sauce and add a little more pepper to taste.Cook until heated through. Serve over biscuits or toast.