Recipes

[momtochloe]

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@Biftu wrote:

I make raisin sauce.

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Wow @Biftu I bet this would be great on ham.  Would you mind sharing your recipe?

[KingstonsMom]

@RespectLife 

You can chop up some of the ham (especially any fat) and put 1 tablespoon of oil (your choice of oil) in a pan and fry that till crisp, that'll infuse the ham flavor into your gravy.

I just leave the crisp chopped up ham in the gravy, yum!

I absolutely love red eye gravy, especially on shrimp and grits, LOL!

[beckyb1012]

Just pour some slow cooked pinto beans over it with buttered cornbread and sweet onions on the side.  That is better than gravy.  Yum!!

[Nightowlz]

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@RespectLife wrote:

Thank you for asking this question @AuntG  !

We smoke our ham and never have any drippings!  I always wondered what kinda 'gravy' you were suppose to make!

DH likes mashed w/ gravy....I have packets of the White Pepper Gravy from the Heartland chicken I was going to use this year, but the other recipes posted sound so good to me!

Thank you ladies for the Red Eye Gravy recipes.  I never heard of it but will def. try this Easter.

Much appreciate the time you all took to share.

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@RespectLife 

That's what I thought when I read them. I have heard of red eye gravy but never ate any.

I have never seen anyone eat ham with gravy??? LOL!!!

I certaintly have not.

[ValuSkr]

Interesting!  I never heard of "ham gravy."

[KingstonsMom]

@Nightowlz 

It's called 'red eye gravy' because of the coffee in it.

I don't put the gravy on the ham but it's delish over mashed potatoes, rice, biscuits and of course, grits, especially shrimp and grits, LOL!

[RespectLife]

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@Nightowlz wrote:

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@RespectLife wrote:

Thank you for asking this question @AuntG  !

We smoke our ham and never have any drippings!  I always wondered what kinda 'gravy' you were suppose to make!

DH likes mashed w/ gravy....I have packets of the White Pepper Gravy from the Heartland chicken I was going to use this year, but the other recipes posted sound so good to me!

Thank you ladies for the Red Eye Gravy recipes.  I never heard of it but will def. try this Easter.

Much appreciate the time you all took to share.

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@RespectLife 

That's what I thought when I read them. I have heard of red eye gravy but never ate any.

I have never seen anyone eat ham with gravy??? LOL!!!

I certaintly have not.

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@Nightowlz 

No, I never have never eaten ham w/ gravy either but always felt it needed some! 

LOL  At times, I would do a double glaze pkt if I had it and drizzle that over the ham.

Mostly, dijon or yellow mustard on our hams.

BUT as I mentioned, DH likes mashed.  I can't have mashed w/o some kinda gravy!  LOL  Just butter doesn't do it for me.  And Turkey, Brown or Chix are the only ones in my pantry....ewwww, not on ham.  Well, maybe brown....

So I switched to M&C every Easter w/ the ham.  Then I didn't miss the gravy...but DH....wants his MASHED!

I sure am going to give it a while and add the ham bits in as @KingstonsMom  suggested!  Thanks!

I have made glazes for my hams w/ mapley syrup and I have the REAL stuff from VT. so it should be yummy!

[Drythe]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

@AuntG 

Here in the deep South we call ham gravy 'Red Eye Gravy':

One 3-pound country ham, store bought, sliced

2 tablespoons fat from the ham

1/2 cup coffee

1/4 cup water

2 tablespoons butter

1 beef bouillon cube (optional)

Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fat from the ham and render. When the fat is rendered, add the ham steaks and pan-fry until golden brown on both sides. Remove the ham from the pan and set aside on a plate and keep warm. To the pan, add the coffee and water and stir with a wooden spoon, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the butter and the bouillon cube and stir to incorporate.

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@KingstonsMom 

TYY for posting!

Sure ate a bunch of this over homemade, yummy, buttermilk biscuits as a child.

Was hesitant to post as it is pretty much fat & coffee. 😏�

Never be ashamed of, or try to get above your raising.

[lbwshop]

Ham gravy is made the same way you would make pork chop gravy, only you begin by frying a slice of ham.  We call them ham steaks around here.

[AuntG]

All your answers are appreciated. Not being a Southerner, red eye gravy was a new term to me. I think my mom made hers like @chrystaltree but I have so few drippings. Still, it can't hurt to try.