red-eye gravy
Southern ham sauce
Red-eye gravy is a thin Southern American sauce made by deglazing a pan used to fry country ham, typically with black coffee.
The name comes from the reddish, eye-like circle of fat that forms on the surface.
It's traditionally served over ham, biscuits, or grits: She sopped up the red-eye gravy with a buttermilk biscuit.
Fat released during cooking
- skilletShallow pan for frying
- cast ironBrittle iron-carbon alloy
- panShallow cooking vessel
- simmerCook just under boiling
thickening · deglaze · rendered fat · coffee · bacon grease · reduction · whisk · scrape
Salt-cured pork haunch
- curedRestored to health
- smokedExposed to wood fumes
- Virginia hamSalt-cured Southern pork
- fatbackPig's back adipose
Small, leavened quick breads
- gritsBoiled ground maize
- fried eggsEggs cooked in fat
- dinerCasual American eatery
- brunchMorning-afternoon meal hybrid
hash browns · toast · sausage · bacon · sunny-side up · over-easy · butter · plate
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- homestyleSimply prepared, like family cooking
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
soul food · rural · farmhouse · family recipe · heirloom · cookbook
Methylxanthine stimulant compound
- brewedPrepared by steeping
- black coffeeUnadorned brewed beverage
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- dark roastHeavily roasted coffee beans
percolator · chicory · jolt · morning coffee
drippings
Fat released during cooking
simmer · thickening · deglaze · rendered fat · coffee · bacon grease · reduction · whisk · scrape
country ham
Salt-cured pork haunch
- curedRestored to health
- smokedExposed to wood fumes
- Virginia hamSalt-cured Southern pork
fatback · pork · rendered · salty · sliced · ham steak · bone-in
biscuits
Small, leavened quick breads
- gritsBoiled ground maize
- fried eggsEggs cooked in fat
- dinerCasual American eatery
brunch · hash browns · toast · sausage · bacon · sunny-side up · over-easy · butter · plate · hearty
Appalachia
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- homestyleSimply prepared, like family cooking
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
tradition · soul food · rural · farmhouse · family recipe · heirloom · cookbook
caffeine
Methylxanthine stimulant compound
- brewedPrepared by steeping
- black coffeeUnadorned brewed beverage
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
dark roast · percolator · chicory · jolt · morning coffee
red-eye gravycream gravy
Milk-based pan sauce
white gravy · milk gravy · béchamel · country gravy · sausage gravy
red-eye gravyhollandaise
Emulsified butter-egg sauce
béarnaise · demi-glace · jus
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